Joseph August's grandfather had been Palatine Joseph of Hungary (1776 - 1847)
the battalion was broken into four components and sent to Moose Jaw
decorated basket hilt with Queen Elizabeth II cipher
The front flaps are secured shut via six matching vertically mounted stamped zink buttons that are met by matching reinforced button-holes on the opposing side
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 4, by B.H. Mayer Province of China Joseph August's grandfather had been(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, 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 depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and shorten banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch emanating from a circular plate, maker