Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 4, by Rudolf Karneth & Söhne visually-hidden " and marker marked "DIEGES

" and marker marked "DIEGES & CLUST"

measuring 132 mm x 86 mm

in woven rayon threads

the reverse with an inscription of “FÜR RETTUNG VON MENSCHEN LEBEN” (“FOR RESCUE OF HUMAN LIFE”)

with the obverse depicting a black-and-white image of a Snider rifle circumscribed by author and title

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 4, by Rudolf Karneth & Söhne visually-hidden " and marker marked "DIEGES(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 depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a crimped base, maker marked with the