Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Förster & Barth Republic of obverse illustrating a left-facing Roman

obverse illustrating a left-facing Roman soldier

1879-1919 issue

topped by an integral loop with dual rings retaining a replacement ribbon

small suspension loop attached to the upper arm

and his Order of the People's Hero Award Document (printed in black

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Förster & Barth Republic of obverse illustrating a left-facing Roman(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 and tapering pinback, the latter maker marked with LDO code