Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by C. E. Juncker Archive He was ordered to seize

He was ordered to seize a cross-roads

37 mm long vertical pinback

the right end is triangular with a small hook attached at the end

the reverse six o’clock arm with an initial institution date of “1831”

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by C. E. Juncker Archive He was ordered to seize(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marineartillerie). Instituted June 24th, 1941. Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the base 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 ground upon which the ground is situated demonstrating the