Germany, Kreigsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, with Award Document and Rank Chevron, to Matrosengefreiter Ernst Hollatz Hold with a central white enameled

with a central white enameled medallion dated “1864-1914”

Footnote: Gamelin Demontigny was born on November 18

Type I (Krzyż Zasługi)

A fine quality example of a Prussian Pilot’s Badge (Flugzugführer) badge

and Winter War 1939-1940 Medal

Germany, Kreigsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, with Award Document and Rank Chevron, to Matrosengefreiter Ernst Hollatz Hold with a central white enameled(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