Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Friedrich Linden Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic a SA Obergruppenführer shoulder board

a SA Obergruppenführer shoulder board

rising to the rank of Commander

His religion was Roman Catholic and he was a Farmer by trade

light soiling and discolouration evident on the white embroidery on the wing

The original document was dated to March 31

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Friedrich Linden Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic a SA Obergruppenführer shoulder board(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