Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant GTRexclude reverse illustrating the Laotian coat-of-arms

reverse illustrating the Laotian coat-of-arms

Stamped onto the right side of the liner is a black ink maker’s mark of “HEINRICH BALKE MÜTZENFABRIK

a Fire Brigade 25-Year Long Service Medal

In the spring of 1870 the Battalion was called out when scouts reported a concentration of Fenians near St Albans

maker marked "AB & Co" on the pin

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant GTRexclude reverse illustrating the Laotian coat-of-arms(Kriegsabzeichen fr den Kstenartillerie). 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 central coastal artillery gun with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating