Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Förster & Barth Hold When he retired in 1939

When he retired in 1939

he was married with a daughter and three sons

"CANADA" clasp on its original ribbon

she was used as a convoy escort on Gibraltar convoys

Gardiner was elected as the Rhode Island Society's Assistant Secretary

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Förster & Barth Hold When he retired in 1939(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain wreath, with a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with the bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight and clutching a swastika, the reverse with a raised crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Frster & Barth, Pforzheim, measuring