Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Badge, By Hermann Aurich Auction Archive Footnote: The medal was created

Footnote: The medal was created in 1925

as a Major with D Company 5th Battalion

Christian IX (1863-1906)

accompanied by a period original ribbon (moderately ripped)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Badge, By Hermann Aurich Auction Archive Footnote: The medal was created(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marine Artillerie). Constructed of gilded and patinated feinzink, 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, with a central coastal artillery gun and background waves, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Hermann Aurich,