Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 187 mm (w) x 252

187 mm (w) x 252 mm (h)

he was placed into the Reserve

(Luftwaffe Tropen Hose für Mannschaften)

01 mm in (w) x 41

He served under Rommel in France and later again in Africa

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 187 mm (w) x 252(Kriegsabzeichen fr 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, surrounding a central 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 flattened and rounded