Germany, Kreigsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, with Award Document and Rank Chevron, to Matrosengefreiter Ernst Hollatz Republic of It was sent on behalf

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

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

earning him the General Service Medal 1918-1962 with Malaya clasp

while the upper back is stamped in white ink with sizes of “44

Germany, Kreigsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, with Award Document and Rank Chevron, to Matrosengefreiter Ernst Hollatz Republic of It was sent on behalf(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