Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, Light Version certificate_of_authenticity A Kriegsmarine Minesweeper War Badge

A Kriegsmarine Minesweeper War Badge by Rudolf Karneth & Söhne - In zinc

finely detailed centre cypher as well as individually affixed crowns in cross knees

leather tab with a suede-like finished light brown upper and raw underside stitched in place to the underside of the belt on the left end

all with button down flaps with reinforced button holes and small bronze buttons bearing crossed swords

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, Light Version certificate_of_authenticity A Kriegsmarine Minesweeper War Badge(Kriegerehrenzeichen in Eisen). Instituted 13 March 1917 by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig. (1917 issue). Constructed of iron and silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a circular blackened magnetic iron laurel leaf wreath, overlaid by a silvered monogram of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, topped by a crown and situated above a plaque bearing a number of 25, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse fixture in position, with a crimped hinge and