Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive published by Stackpole Books of

published by Stackpole Books of Harriburg

(1902 issue)

measuring 40 mm x 42 mm

and fully encompassed by a black rayon liner

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive published by Stackpole Books of(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 depiction of a coastal artillery gun with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,