Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Sohn Auction An Army Breast Eagle

An Army Breast Eagle

Artillery Mechanics

Footnote: The Order of Glory was instituted in 1843 and awarded to members of the ruling house

the reverse with an illegible mark

reverse center with the date 1882

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Sohn Auction An Army Breast Eagle(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 &