Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf & Karneth & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a velvet medalbed with ribbon

a velvet medalbed with ribbon compartment at the top

while the tri-colour emblem is maker marked on the reverse with the logo of F

Footnote: The Order of Police Merit was instituted in 1945

the reverse bearing some remnants of an adhesive and card stock from previous album display

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf & Karneth & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a velvet medalbed with ribbon(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, maker marked with the logo of Rudolf Karneth & Shne,