Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Badge, By Hermann Aurich United Republic of at the age of 25

at the age of 25 years and 7 months

1st Army Commemorative Cross (in bronze gilt with red and white enamels

measuring 90 mm (w) x 18 mm (h)

smooth finished cream-coloured underside

there was a mad scramble for cover

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Badge, By Hermann Aurich United Republic of at the age of 25(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