Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Förster & Barth Archive This is an extensive and

This is an extensive and fascinating lot of awards

All three medals with original ribbons and brooch pinbacks

of the Medal of Honor or the French Médaille Militaire who served in France or French possessions during the First World War of the Second World War

and the helmet is otherwise unmarked

his portrait photo in German Army uniform

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Förster & Barth Archive This is an extensive and(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,