Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge By Schwerin & Sohn GTRexclude (Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen)

(Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen)

Footnote: The Independence Medal was instituted on April 17

inscribed "Besikzeugnis" and numbered "No 147546" on the front panel

1320783 Sergeant C

7 mm x 17 mm enameled Ribbon Bar with button hole attachment

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge By Schwerin & Sohn GTRexclude (Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen)(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marineartillerie). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse depicting an oval oak wreath, topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central coastal artillery gun pointing toward the top left, extending past the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 41. 9 mm x 54. 6 mm, weighing 23. 7 grams, gilding is gone,