Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin GTRexclude printed under the authority of

printed under the authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Jas

An Infantrie-Sturmabzeichen

very fine with folding crease

540 mm (shoulder to cuff)

1945 while he was a Flight Sergeant in charge of Daily Servicing (Armament) and cited in the Supplement to the London Gazette

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin GTRexclude printed under the authority of(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 flattened and rounded