Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 4, by Rudolf Karneth & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity silvered-aluminum

silvered-aluminum

the 12 o-clock arm presents the crowned royal cipher

links 26mm wide

constructed of a single sheet of magnetic molybdenum steel which retains virtually all of a period olive-drab paint textured with fine wood dust

that benefited the Crown

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 4, by Rudolf Karneth & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity silvered-aluminum(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a crimped base, maker marked with the