Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Badge, By Hermann Aurich Auction Archive (Luftwaffe Sporthemd Insignien)

(Luftwaffe Sporthemd Insignien)

as a Major with D Company 5th Battalion

5 mm (diameter)

he was promoted to Corporal on September 25

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Badge, By Hermann Aurich Auction Archive (Luftwaffe Sporthemd Insignien)(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marine Artillerie). Constructed of gilded and patinated feinzink, 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, with a central coastal artillery gun and background waves, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Hermann Aurich,