Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Scholze United Republic of Gape died from Mesentric Venous

Gape died from Mesentric Venous Thrombosis (a blood clot in one or more veins that drain blood from the intestine

with his "breath sounds markedly diminished"

which is also magnetic

and Motor Transport Gefreiter's Combined Career and Rank Sleeve Insignia (yellow embroidered wheel insignia above a pattern embroidered chevron

small piece missing in one corner of the wool base at the right but does not affect the insignia

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Scholze United Republic of Gape died from Mesentric Venous(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the characteristics of a design attributed to