Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity Officer's cap badge

Officer's cap badge

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stating that he has been ordered to travel to Berlin via his hometown in northern Germany and then back to Libau

The bulk of both armies were wiped out in the battle

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity Officer's cap badge(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, 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