C062082 BRITISH POST WWI "MINE CLEARANCE SERVICE" CAP BADGE.
BACKGROUND:
An International Mine Clearance Committee was created at the end of WWI with 26 countries represented. The Supreme War Council allotted each power an area to clear with Great Britain responsible for the largest. 40,000 square miles needed to be cleared. In February 1919 the Mine Clearance Service was formed with special rates of pay and conditions of service. By the end of 1919 over 23,000 Allied and 70 German mines had been cleared with the loss of six mine sweepers.PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: An 8cm x 6.5cm, stamped, blackened metal badge with two lugs to the reverse which is a mirror image of the front. Nice!
GRADE ****1/4 PRICE $89.00
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