Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Friedrich Linden Auction Instituted on 2 August 1732

Instituted on 2 August 1732

MORLON"" on the obverse

measuring 45 mm (w) x 49

5 cm (w) x 21 cm (h) x 4 cm (d)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Friedrich Linden Auction Instituted on 2 August 1732(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 soldered over a rectangular frame and vertical pinback