Kriegsmarine Mayer marked/mayer unmarked?

[John R]

Below are two badges, the first marked, the second unmarked. The reverse setups are different, but both appear to be Mayer?

Interesting if they are due to the reverse differences. John

[Gordon Williamson]

Below are two badges, the first marked, the second unmarked. The reverse setups are different, but both appear to be Mayer?

Interesting if they are due to the reverse differences. John

Difficult to be certain that both are Mayer. As both Schickle and Mayer used the same basic badge with only the hardware differing, it would reasonable to say the one with the Mayer style hardware is propbably by that firm, but the other , with hardware that doesn't match Mayer or Schickle, could be either, though as its only the pin that differs, the hinge block and retaining clip being standard Mayer style, it is likely, that this one is by Mayer too. Its common enough for a single firm to have several pin fitting types on its badges.