Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Archive 1st North German Gymnastics Festival

1st North German Gymnastics Festival Badge 1924 (die-stamped bronze

Footnote: The Bolivarian Games are a regional multi-sport event held in honour of Simon Boilvar and organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (ODEBO)

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “DER OBERBÜRGERMEISTER DER STADT STUTTGART - ORTSGRUPPE STUTTGART DES DLV” (“THE LORD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUTTGART - ORTSGRUPPE STUTTGART OF THE DLV”)

with two gold stars set into the patterns to denote rank

his last training stop before overseas service

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Archive 1st North German Gymnastics Festival(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 clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a stylized depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, topped by