Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin Hold Representing: Austria

Representing: Austria

SOLINGEN” circumscribing the firm’s logo

a rare badge in bronze gilt

The pants measure 425 mm across the waist and 976 mm through the leg

(NSDAP Stempel)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin Hold Representing: Austria(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 coastal artillery gun with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked