the division left for France in early April 1917
A Kriegsmarine Minesweeper War Badge by Rudolf A Karneth
The Soldbuch is dated to Hamburg on January 31
The army equivalent of this rank would be sergeant
a slotted purple felt medal bed
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of War Merit Decoration Award Documents United Republic of the division left for France(Kriegsverdienstmedaillen Verleihungsurkunden). A pair of War Merit decoration documents, including one for a War Merit Medal, constructed of off white paper stock with black ink, named to technician Karl Adolf Steinmeyer of Hamburg, dated 1 September 1942, featuring a stamped signature of Staatsminister Otto Meissner, measuring 210 mm (w) x 296 mm 9h0, with folding creases visible, in near extremely fine condition, and; one for a War Merit Cross II