Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin Auction obverse illustrating a shirtless construction

obverse illustrating a shirtless construction worker

The accompanying scabbard is in bronzed metal

a "W" over a squiggle inside a circle at the junction of the branches

a native of Berlin who was born on 24 January 1913 in Berlin

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin Auction obverse illustrating a shirtless construction(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marineartillerie). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker