Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Sohn Auction reverse center with the date

reverse center with the date 1882

30 Royal Artillery

he was killed by a single bullet fired by a soldier on the ground as his plane pursued a Royal Air Force plane at low altitude

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

the reverse with an illegible mark

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Sohn Auction reverse center with the date(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 &