Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Rudolf Karneth Auction four are maker marked "BRUDER

four are maker marked "BRUDER SCHNEIDER A

1822 and enlisted at the age of 17 in Essex

and material fatigue to the belt hanger

Footnote: The 1937/1939 awards are marked simply “900

An SA Belt Buckle for Enlisted Men/NCOs- Two-piece construction

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Rudolf Karneth Auction four are maker marked "BRUDER(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular 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 block binge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked R. K. for the firm of Rudolf