Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 2, by Rudolf Karneth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac pinback with flanking hook pins

pinback with flanking hook pins

measuring 12 mm (w) x 8

and an overall body length of 65 cm when folded on a flat surface

A mint and unissued “Medalla de la Campana 1936-1939”

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 2, by Rudolf Karneth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac pinback with flanking hook pins(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Rudolf Karneth, Gablonz,