Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Newly Listed 24 mm x 53 mm

24 mm x 53 mm

one is sepia-toned

embossed with an outline of an Iron Cross on the exterior of the lid in silver

Lieutenant Francis Ian McDonald

maker mark on reverse for “SCHWERTNER & CIE

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Newly Listed 24 mm x 53 mm(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 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