Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Rudolf Karneth Auction after the swastika was adopted

after the swastika was adopted by Nazi Germany

fully lined on the exterior with a black rayon cap band which bears an oak leaf branch design across the entirety of the circumference

In the following six months

survived the war and was still alive in 1989

engraved "FREDERICK DEVENISH PRYCE OKOTOKS (ALTA

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Rudolf Karneth Auction after the swastika was adopted(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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Rudolf Karneth,