Russian Medal for Bravery - 4th Class - Tsar Nicholas II version
upon his departure from the Reserves
and tied into a loose monkey knot
with twenty pages printed in black ink on a white semi-gloss paper stock
The cap band features an aluminum German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Richard Simm & Söhne Auction Russian Medal for Bravery -(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted on 31 August 1940 by Supreme Commander Erich Raeder. Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the Minesweeper War Badge consists of a silvered, oval oak leaf wreath, each side having an outer margin of seven oak leaves pointing upward, at the bottom is a stylized bow holding the wreath together, within the lower third of the wreath lies a calm water surface with narrowly