Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Buy Now above a raised inscription of

above a raised inscription of “DIE VORAUSSETZUNG ZUR TAT IST DER WILLE UND DER MUT ZUR WAHRHAFTIGKEIT” (“THE REQUIREMENT FOR ACTION IS THE WILL AND COURAGE OF THE TRUTH”)

identifying firm as Ludwig Wrz Militar-Effekten of Ulm a-/D

measuring 11 mm (w) x 16 mm (h)

and was conscripted into military service in Traunstein on both 12 September 1930 and 6 August 1943

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Buy Now above a raised inscription of(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 barrel inge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,