Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Auction SHANKLIN) Naming is impressed

SHANKLIN) Naming is impressed

measuring 380 mm x 23 mm

and Army Cap Badge (in die-stamped aluminum with black

issued in Mannheim on 1 April 1938 at the behest of Generalmajor Hermann Ritter von Speck

and was published by The Dominion Publishing Company

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Auction SHANKLIN) Naming is impressed(Kriegsabzeichen der Marine Artillerie). 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 depiction of a coastal artillery gun with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel inge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,