Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin Archive (Württemberg Gürtelschnalle)

(Württemberg Gürtelschnalle)

crowned monogram of King Vittorio Emanuelle III in bronze gilt

this is a very well-preserved edition of “Havelock”

scattered surface wear evident on the reverse

During 1944

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin Archive (Württemberg Gürtelschnalle)(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marineartillerie). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker