Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Sohni, Heubach & Co. Newly Listed the pommel nut in bronze

the pommel nut in bronze

congratulatory letter for the award of the German Cross in gold

Footnote: The Legion of Merit was instituted on July 20

The insignia measures 54 mm (w) x 42 mm (h)

exhibiting "multiple varicosity of both lower limbs" and determined unfit for service but was somehow accepted for service

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Sohni, Heubach & Co. Newly Listed the pommel nut in bronze(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marineartillerie). 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating