Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Sohn Auction Demonstrating all signs of period

Demonstrating all signs of period use by an official in an administrative position

the box in near very fine condition

he was killed by a single bullet fired by a soldier on the ground as his plane pursued a Royal Air Force plane at low altitude

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Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Sohn Auction Demonstrating all signs of period(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 central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Rudolf Karneth &