Description
the suspension bar engraved "GEORGE PARRETT"
and was awarded it at the same time as Oswald Boelcke
measuring 146 mm (w) x 268 mm (h) x 49
Of early manufacture
described as "lacerated"
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin visually-hidden the suspension bar engraved "GEORGE(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 rounded catch, maker