Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Republic of Red Distinction

Red Distinction

obverse with raised bust of Tsar Alexander circumscribed by name and title

maker marked "HOFFSTATTER BONN" on the reverse

to Engineer Room Artificer 3rd Class onAugust 13th

This action produces a warbling alternation of tone that makes the whistle's sound more attention grabbing

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Republic of Red Distinction(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 central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Rudolf Souval, Vienna,