Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Variation 3, by Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity legend around

legend  around

where he later died from his injuries the following day

measuring 115 mm (w) x 178 mm (h)

one on the ground

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Variation 3, by Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity legend around(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 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