A Post First War Mine Clearance Service Cuff Badge 1918-1920 Archive in black case of issue

in black case of issue

Aluminum with a gilt crown surmounting a red enamelled disk

arriving in England on May 24th

machine woven in rayon threads over Army grey/green base

It is dated to April 21

A Post First War Mine Clearance Service Cuff Badge 1918-1920 Archive in black case of issueGreat Britain; Bronze gilt, unmarked, 56. 5 mm (w) x 80. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, scattered gilt wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: At the end of the First World War, the Admiralty appointed an International Mine Clearance Committee on which 26 countries were represented. The Supreme War Council allotted each Power an area to clear, the largest falling to Great Britain. Some 40,000 square miles of sea needed clearing. In February 1919, the Royal