Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Archive Untersturmführer Plath was sentenced to

Untersturmführer Plath was sentenced to six months imprisonment and interned at No

Constructed of oval silvered and patinated tombak

on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon pinned with a date and sword clasp

the obverse bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a black German Red Cross (DRK) insignia in the form of a black eagle clutching a red Geneva Cross and overlaid by a mobile swastika

Already close to Nazis

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Archive Untersturmführer Plath was sentenced to(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,