Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Auction with all the strips held

with all the strips held in place by small rivets

missing its clasp

measuring 62 mm (w) x 84 mm (l) x 20 mm (h)

leaving evidence of very minor pitting

Silver and gold-coloured bullion wire in various textures

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Auction with all the strips held(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