Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity maroon simulated leather exterior

maroon simulated leather exterior

It was issued in three different versions: Type I with Rama V (1897)

Cape Province (1941)

The bulk of both armies were wiped out in the battle

diagonal pinback

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity maroon simulated leather exterior(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marineartillerie). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central coastal artillery gun with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked