Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Rudolf Karneth Buy Now circumscribed by an inscription of

circumscribed by an inscription of “DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER” (“TO THE GERMAN MOTHER”)

bronze palm on an original ribbon)

before moving on to the Bureau and Street Cleaning in 1873

Type II 1881-1932 - Silver and enamels

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Rudolf Karneth Buy Now circumscribed by an inscription of(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 Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Rudolf Karneth, Gablonz,