Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Rudolf Karneth Auction Footnote: The Landesschiessen was made

Footnote: The Landesschiessen was made up of Tirolean veterans from the Great War who were effectively in the reserve for Second World War service

in Gold with blue enamels

engraved "FREDERICK DEVENISH PRYCE OKOTOKS (ALTA

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

survived the war and was still alive in 1989

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Rudolf Karneth Auction Footnote: The Landesschiessen was made(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,