Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Sohn Auction the son of Robert Houston

the son of Robert Houston and Margaret Teller (nee Kirk)

) on the right side

the box in near very fine condition

he was killed by a single bullet fired by a soldier on the ground as his plane pursued a Royal Air Force plane at low altitude

the reverse with an illegible mark

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Karneth & Sohn Auction the son of Robert Houston(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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Rudolf Karneth &