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)

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

Instituted on 2 August 1732

George Garrett of Toronto

his wallet size Canadian Forces Certificate of Service with photo

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