Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Friedrich Linden

(Kriegsabzeichen der Marine-Artillerie). 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 depiction of a 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 Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid, measuring 42.10 mm (w) x 55.16 mm (h), weighing 31.6 grams, in extremely fine condition.