Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Auction before rejoining his unit on

before rejoining his unit on July 31st

Wreath and bird in rolled aluminum wire

machine vowen in green and black threads over white cloth backing

with a forest green cotton patch stitched in place at the brow

mounted on a tan buckram base

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Auction before rejoining his unit on(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 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 SCHWERIN,