Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Hold missing its catch and with

missing its catch and with loss of silver finish evident throughout

and a static black swastika in the center

He joined the CEF on 18th October 1915 having seen previous service with the 82nd Regiment

Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I

the bottom button having been lost to time

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Hold missing its catch and with(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, around a central coastal artillery gun with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked