Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Buy Now marked WS on reverse

marked WS on reverse

which had also been raised in Winnipeg

21 mm x 14

with a swastika on the head

inscribed “Virtuti” (Latin - Virtue)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Buy Now marked WS on reverse((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, ,