Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity and it measures approximately 17

and it measures approximately 17 cm (w) x 24 cm (l) x 22 cm (h) (inclusive of spike)

illustrating a football-playing scene in front of the net on the obverse

the obverse consisting of a rightward-facing 88-mm flak cannon within a wreath of oak leaves

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

moderate material fatigue evident

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity and it measures approximately 17(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,