Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac also worked there as a

also worked there as a clerk

light contact on the brass medals

The collar has a hook and eye closure at the front

The obverse exterior features the image of an eagle perched on a branch

to First War Veteran Colonel Samuel Hanford McKee

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac also worked there as a(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,