Germany, Kreigsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, with Award Document and Rank Chevron, to Matrosengefreiter Ernst Hollatz Republic of Birk is hoping for a

Birk is hoping for a quick victory over the Russians

earning him the General Service Medal 1918-1962 with Malaya clasp

on original ribbon (yellow colour in the centre has faded from age)

Private John Albert Kirby was discharged as "being no longer physically fit for war service" and struck off strength as "Medically Unfit" at the Discharge Depot at Quebec City

Germany, Kreigsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, with Award Document and Rank Chevron, to Matrosengefreiter Ernst Hollatz Republic of Birk is hoping for a(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 57 mm (w) x 54. 86 mm (h), weighing 27. 5 grams, the