The Excelsior badges depict an American Bald Eagle clutching the Excelsior banner with “2” in the center
Joseph August's grandfather had been Palatine Joseph of Hungary (1776 - 1847)
The front flaps are secured shut via six matching vertically mounted stamped zink buttons that are met by matching reinforced button-holes on the opposing side
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and Victory Medal (234520 PTE
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 4, by B.H. Mayer Province of China The Excelsior badges depict an(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, 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 depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and shorten banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch emanating from a circular plate, maker