A Post First War Mine Clearance Service Cuff Badge 1918-1920 Auction light wear on the sweatband

light wear on the sweatband and leather edge trim

where he qualified "distinguished" on a 3rd Lewis Gun course on May 12th

they stated: "He was buried by a shell explosion on May 14th 1916 at St

while he was in command of UB-68

A Post First War Mine Clearance Service Cuff Badge 1918-1920 Auction light wear on the sweatbandGreat Britain; Bronze gilt, unmarked, 56. 5 mm (w) x 80. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, scattered gilt wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: At the end of the First World War, the Admiralty appointed an International Mine Clearance Committee on which 26 countries were represented. The Supreme War Council allotted each Power an area to clear, the largest falling to Great Britain. Some 40,000 square miles of sea needed clearing. In February 1919, the Royal