Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge certificate_of_authenticity Irwin pinned the pilot's wings

Irwin pinned the pilot's wings on Sergeant William Richard Tew in the official ceremony

marked and numbered

reported that Wellington aircraft

a star of the finest manufacture in near mint condition

With the beginning of the First War

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge certificate_of_authenticity Irwin pinned the pilot's wings(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, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 80 mm (w) x 54. 08 mm (h),