Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin Hold an Afrika cuff title

an Afrika cuff title

the reverse maker marked with the logo of Overhoff & Cie

Footnote: The Landesschiessen was made up of Tirolean veterans from the Great War who were effectively in the reserve for Second World War service

composed of oval shaped oak leaf wreath

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin Hold an Afrika cuff title(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 flattened and rounded