Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Archive with the core and the

with the core and the silvering on the frame well preserved

Footnote:  Feldwebel (an Unteroffizier) Deiss was the gunner of a Ju88A-5 bomber which crashed in Norway on July 27

'Unteroffizier Ewald Opitz

each with reverse wool straps

it was "suggested that he be remustered from his present trade classification (of Leading Aircraftman) to that of Batman-Orderly

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Archive with the core and the((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, ,