Germany, Kreigsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, with Award Document and Rank Chevron, to Matrosengefreiter Ernst Hollatz Republic of on original ribbon (yellow colour

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

It was sent on behalf of the Chief of the Security Police and the SD (Security Service) to the SS Personnel Main Department on May 7

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

I Class Gold Grade Merit Medal: in bronze gilt

Footnote: The Xi'an Incident of December 1936 was an important turning point in Chinese modern history

Germany, Kreigsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, with Award Document and Rank Chevron, to Matrosengefreiter Ernst Hollatz Republic of on original ribbon (yellow colour(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