Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant visually-hidden the reverse bearing an indiscernible

the reverse bearing an indiscernible maker’s logo

Footnote: James Wilson was born in Glasgow Scotland in 1888 and was working as a Logger in British Columbia when he enlisted in March 1916

demonstrating total loss of finish throughout the base metal with some oxidation

an Order of the Patriotic War

Also emanating from the ring is a two-piece dark grey leather chinstrap which rests upon the visor when not in use

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant visually-hidden the reverse bearing an indiscernible(Kriegsabzeichen fr den Kstenartillerie). 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, surrounding a central 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 emanating