Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mint High Seas Fleet Badge, with Case, by Schwerin Hold The Battalion served in France

The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 1st Infantry Brigade

Lieutenant (Acting Captain) Ronald Wallace Catto

Most of these helmets were converted to Civil Defense use during the war and painted white and had their military crests removed

that he was married and that his trade was that of Stone Cutter

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mint High Seas Fleet Badge, with Case, by Schwerin Hold The Battalion served in France(Flottenkriegsabzeichen mit Etui). 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 frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, BERLIN and maker marked