Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity without damages or chipping –

without damages or chipping – in excellent condition

cross-guard with quillon and pommel exhibit light contact and wear

The wrap is close by an arrangement of nine bakelite buttons of various sizes on the right flap meeting an equal number of buttonholes on the left flap

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a day after he had been promoted to Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity without damages or chipping –(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,