A Post First War Mine Clearance Service Cuff Badge 1918-1920 United Republic of black highlight stitching in the

black highlight stitching in the crown

He achieved a total of 275 victories during the Second World War: 272 on the Eastern Front

43mm x 58 mm inclusive of wreath suspension

(Deutsches Reich Gebraumeister) on the front panel

MAYER & SOHNE WIEN" on the inside lid

A Post First War Mine Clearance Service Cuff Badge 1918-1920 United Republic of black highlight stitching in theGreat Britain; Bronze gilt, unmarked, 56. 5 mm (w) x 80. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, scattered gilt wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: At the end of the First World War, the Admiralty appointed an International Mine Clearance Committee on which 26 countries were represented. The Supreme War Council allotted each Power an area to clear, the largest falling to Great Britain. Some 40,000 square miles of sea needed clearing. In February 1919, the Royal