Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Variation 1, by Friedrich Linden Auction Archive to serve as administrative staff

to serve as administrative staff for 1

flanked on each side by bones wrapped with serpents

friction which renders full insertion of the bayonet into the scabbard impossible

cracks and chips in the white enamel

measuring 72 mm (w) x 28 mm (h)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Variation 1, by Friedrich Linden Auction Archive to serve as administrative staff(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with