Description
Instituted 1905
the raised edge trimmed in navy blue embroidery
numbered "208353"
A beautiful enameled green eight-armed cross in silver gilt
of value as both a primary reference and as a collectible in its own right
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Instituted 1905(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of