Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 4, by Rudolf Karneth & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac stamped with an official seal

stamped with an official seal in red ink

diagnosed with Dermatitis (contact sulphonamide)

the twelve o’clock arm with a raised number “50”

the scabbard measuring 748 mm in length

Born in Lübeck in 1917

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 4, by Rudolf Karneth & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac stamped with an official seal(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