Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction of value as both a

of value as both a primary reference and as a collectible in its own right

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A “Mit der Reichsbahn ins Blaue” badge

Instituted 1905

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction of value as both a(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of