Period Customized and attributed minesweeper badge made by L/11 from the ship M254.

Some information on the writing on the reverse.

Left: “3.MS Flot.” – 3rd Class Minesweeper Flotilla Bottom: “M254” – The German minesweeper M254 was completed in June 1941 by the Deutsche Werft, Hamburg company. She was surrendered in May 1945 and was transferred to the Soviet Union in February 1946. It was renamed T-917. Right: “Royan / Bordeaux” – The German occupied town of Royan in France was blocking the port of Bordeaux.