Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin Auction Archive Named to: 515105 L

Named to: 515105 L

the Leicesters

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The upper ferrule is built into the D-guard

A Heer Infantry Officer’s crusher-style visor cap

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin Auction Archive Named to: 515105 L(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