Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin

(Kriegsabzeichen für 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, 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 block hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked “SCHWERIN, BERLIN”, measuring 41.86 mm (w) x 54.48 mm (h), weighing 29.8 grams, demonstrating moderate loss of finish to the base metal with sporadic surface oxidation to the reverse, in better than very fine condition.