Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Hold It has two white cotton-lined

It has two white cotton-lined pockets

Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I

He joined the CEF on 18th October 1915 having seen previous service with the 82nd Regiment

missing its catch and with loss of silver finish evident throughout

some fading of the inks

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Hold It has two white cotton-lined(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, around a central coastal artillery gun with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked