Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge By Forester & Barth Archive along with an indecipherable maker's

along with an indecipherable maker's mark on the obverse of the integral suspension

Footnote: on first pattern Army buckle eagle is facing wearer’s right

suspension loop and ring on a navy blue ribbon

A second war German VDA (Verein für Deutsche Kulturbeziehung im Ausland/Association for German cultural relations abroad) membership badge

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge By Forester & Barth Archive along with an indecipherable maker's(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde); in zinc, gilded and silvered, good quality zinc badge, unmarked, but with the typical pin assembly of maker "Forester & Barth"; gilding on obverse rubbed of, in very good condition. Scarce badge by this maker.