Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Sohn Province of China presumed dead" in France

presumed dead" in France

Applications for the medal and its certificate were to be sent to a special committee named the Golden Book Commission (Commission du Livre d’Or)

It measures 241 mm (w) x 308 mm (h)

"1802 1892" printed in gold-coloured ink on its original ribbon with

nine months and seven days

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Sohn Province of China presumed dead" in France(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 &