WH (Kriegsmarine) 'Kriegsabzeichen für Minensuch-, U-Boot-Jagd und Sicherungs-Verbände' being a detailed and clearly maker- (ie. 'R.K.') marked, 'Feinzink'-based example as was produced by the 'Rudolf Karneth'-company

This is a neat - truly used but actully scarcely encountered! - example of a WH (Kriegsmarine) so-called: 'Kriegsabzeichen für Minensuch-, U-Boot-Jagd und Sicherungs-Verbände' (or: mine-sweeper war-badge) being a detailed- (neatly maker- ie. 'R.K.'-marked- and I deem somewhat later-war-pattern) specimen, as was executed in multi-coloured zinc-based metal (ie. 'Feinzink') and that comes in an overall very nice (albeit clearly- ie. moderately worn- ie. used-), condition. The badge, which has pronounced detail, comes naturally mounted onto its functional (and/or vertically-mounted- and 'flute-shaped' pin-, catch and/or typically-shaped pin-attachment (as is more often the case). The piece was presumably never cleaned ie. polished and has regrettably lost some of its (light-toned- and most certainly over the years 'faded-away') golden- and/or silver-coloured finish. The badge shows a typical, pin- (ie. catch-) attachment and can easily be attributed to the desirable maker: 'Rudolf Karneth' as based in the town of Gablonz (something that can also be corroborated by the presence of the 'R.K.'-makers-designation. The piece is just a bit stained ie. tarnished but was most certainly never cleaned nor polished: it came as recently uncovered at a German private-household (as can be noticed on the pictures). Simply an attractive, 'variant-pattern' KM-related war-badge by the: 'Rudolf Karneth'-company that comes in a moderately used and/or worn condition and that is (I deem) accordingly priced!

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