Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Auction while the reverse is plain

while the reverse is plain

marked with the RZM mark and with maker’s mark "M4/25" on the reverse

1943 he suffered a shrapnel wound to the chin

Both are free of mothing

the inside of the box stuffed with wrapping paper

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Auction while the reverse is plain(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 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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked SCHWERIN,