Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin Auction Archive Footnote: The Legion of Merit

Footnote: The Legion of Merit is a military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements

a lightly worn example in overall better than very fine condition

the Leicesters

measuring 79 mm (w) x 100 mm (h))

A Heer Infantry Officer’s crusher-style visor cap

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin Auction Archive Footnote: The Legion of Merit(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, surrounding a 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