Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin visually-hidden described as "lacerated"

described as "lacerated"

and was awarded it at the same time as Oswald Boelcke

Of early manufacture

VII" in the centre

measuring 146 mm (w) x 268 mm (h) x 49

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin visually-hidden described as "lacerated"(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marineartillerie). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker