Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant GTRexclude 45 mm (w) x 109

45 mm (w) x 109

maker marked "AB & Co" on the pin

In the spring of 1870 the Battalion was called out when scouts reported a concentration of Fenians near St Albans

soiled interior

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant GTRexclude 45 mm (w) x 109(Kriegsabzeichen fr den Kstenartillerie). 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, surrounding a central coastal artillery gun with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating