Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Sohn Republic of marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei)

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

twenty five are gilt

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

with the original box of issue

Good to Fine

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Sohn Republic of marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei)(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 &