Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Refurbished Example by Richard Simm & Söhne United Republic of Colquhoun was hoping to remain

Colquhoun was hoping to remain with the Nanaimo Detachment for another two or three years and then retire to pension

Footnote: John Fletcher was born on October 3

42 mm (w) x 65

5 mm wings insignia

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Refurbished Example by Richard Simm & Söhne United Republic of Colquhoun was hoping to remain(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oka leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a ball hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Richard Simm & Shne, Gablonz, measuring 44. 07 mm