Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Friedrich Linden Auction Instituted on 2 August 1732

Instituted on 2 August 1732

George Garrett of Toronto

5 cm (w) x 21 cm (h) x 4 cm (d)

the obverse medallion presents an FJ on a lightly pebbled field

Accompanied by seven Award Documents for the Bavarian Military Merit Order of St

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Friedrich Linden Auction Instituted on 2 August 1732(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