Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Schwerin Archive He died in 1973 in

He died in 1973 in Olching (near Munich)

It states that the High Seas Fleet Badge has been awarded to Matrosenobergefreiter (Senior Lance Corporal in the Kriegsmarine) Gerald Hiemer for participation in the war missions of auxiliary cruiser “Orion”

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an Army Cap Badge

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Schwerin Archive He died in 1973 in(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). 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, surrounding a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker