Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Buy Now one illustrating an aeroplane nose-first

one illustrating an aeroplane nose-first into an aerodrome

(Luftschutz Gürtelschnalle)

He again held that position for most of the Second World War

Constructed of bronze gilt with a red-white-red vertically ribbed ribbon slid through a narrow opening within the badge

with a wide crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Buy Now one illustrating an aeroplane nose-first(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 & Shne,