Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Badge, By Hermann Aurich Hold of silvered and patinated zink

of silvered and patinated zink

1 Clasp VIVA ESPAÑA (silver with red

after a brief illness

which was to prove more difficult than the Battle of Aachen

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Badge, By Hermann Aurich Hold of silvered and patinated zink(Kriegsabzeichen fr die 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, overlaid by a central coastal artillery gun with waves in the background, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Hermann