Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Sohn Republic of (Ordenschnallen)

(Ordenschnallen)

with the original box of issue

ring maker marked "HW" (Heinrich Weiss) flanked by the stampings "70" at the left and "36"

marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and maker marked "M1/170" (B

As the Nazi party won more power

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Sohn Republic of (Ordenschnallen)(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 &