Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne United Republic of and Order of the Patriotic

and Order of the Patriotic War

73mm (h – inclusive of cross adorned laterally pierced integral ball)

with document signed at 11th

hallmarked with a goat's head above the number "3" and marked "900" (silver) on the reverse of both the badge and the support plate

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne United Republic of and Order of the Patriotic((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, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Rudolf Karneth & Shne, ,