Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 4, by Rudolf Karneth & Söhne visually-hidden Flight Surgeon

Flight Surgeon

Accompanied by a miniature in bronze gilt

and Royal Canadian Artillery Badge (in bronze gilt

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

in woven rayon threads

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 4, by Rudolf Karneth & Söhne visually-hidden Flight Surgeon(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