Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Förster & Barth Republic of the approval coming at Shorncliffe

the approval coming at Shorncliffe on June 25th

This is a very well-preserved Luftwaffe Communications EM/NCO’s summer visor cap

41 mm (w) x 40

extensive repair in the stitching on the underside of the collar where it butts the wool body of the tunic

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Förster & Barth Republic of the approval coming at Shorncliffe(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