Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Modified for Postwar Wear, Type 4 by Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of Staff of the General Command

Staff of the General Command of the 23rd Army Corps Congratulatory Document (congratulating Friessner upon his award of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

There is a Canadian Broad Arrow production insignia stamped in black ink on the beige flap overlapping the zipper placement in the collar

reverse inscribed "BORN JUNE 4

John Mitchell of Ottawa

leaving everything to his mother

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Modified for Postwar Wear, Type 4 by Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of Staff of the General Command(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle, surrounding a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a Type 4 badge