Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Auction Grenadier-Regiment 170

Grenadier-Regiment 170

demonstrating loss of finish throughout the core in addition to softening of the frame’s ribbing consistent with friction

and an overall body length of 60 cm

where he was commissioned as an Acting Captain but relinquished the subsequent rank of Captain on August 17th and qualified as Class III Driver (I

1891 by Prince Ferdinand I

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Auction Grenadier-Regiment 170(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,