Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Förster & Barth certificate_of_authenticity Armee Trieder D

Armee Trieder D

The reverse states: As a present from your son Hermann

numbered "20595"

crazing in the white enamels of various rays on both sides

that he was single and that his trade was that of Stone Cutter

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Förster & Barth certificate_of_authenticity Armee Trieder D(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and patinated 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, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Frster & Barth, Pforzheim,