Description
one of the petals on the seal is missing
each arm composed of seven individual rays
marked 98 on ring for Rudolf Souval
below reads “Für Pflichttreue im Kriege” (For Duty in War)
reverse centre presents the inscription “P
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn United Republic of one of the petals on(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