Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer visually-hidden Stitched onto the peak is

Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a black wool backer bearing a Russian-style green

He was married to Anna Airheart Hollis (1921-1999)

his Boer War and First War veteran father

the obverse trimmed along both the top and bottom edges by machine-embroidered silver-grey tresses

Dresden - In silvered tombac

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer visually-hidden Stitched onto the peak is(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). 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, surrounding a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer,