Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Schwerdt Hold then the 2nd Company of

then the 2nd Company of Grenadier Regiment 332

containing one large bore brush (15 mm x 89 mm) and one small bore brush (13 mm x 93 mm)

inscribed in Latin "CECIDERE AB ORIGINEPRIMA

he followed his graduation from Observers School by attending a twenty day internship at the Air Shooting School at Tours

Seaman First Class Kyrklund was aboard USS Franklin just before dawn on March 19

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Schwerdt Hold then the 2nd Company of(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Adolf Schwerdt, Stuttgart, measuring 45. 06