Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge By Schwerin & Sohn Newly Listed he was promoted to the

he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and worked as Superintendent of the medical school at Royapuram

a 1914 Iron Cross

Deumer - Magnetic core

awarded to Hauptmann Alfons Schill

as announced in the Second Supplement to the London Gazette 30448 of Tuesday

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge By Schwerin & Sohn Newly Listed he was promoted to the(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marineartillerie). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse depicting an oval oak wreath, topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central coastal artillery gun pointing toward the top left, extending past the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 41. 9 mm x 54. 6 mm, weighing 23. 7 grams, gilding is gone,