Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne GTRexclude Knight's helmet (WKC) trade mark

Knight's helmet (WKC) trade mark logo

The early silver grip eagleis nicely set-in

An Order of Academic Palms

A late War example

and a rank tab

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne GTRexclude Knight's helmet (WKC) trade mark((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, ,