Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Friedrich Linden Auction 5 cm (w) x 21

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

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

Instituted on 2 August 1732

towards the top of the badge is a white enameled shield featuring the red enameled cipher of Karl I

measuring 45 mm (w) x 49

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Friedrich Linden Auction 5 cm (w) x 21(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