Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Funcke & Brüninghaus visually-hidden the reverse is a grey

the reverse is a grey wool backer

overlaid by a Maltese Cross with ribbed arms

equivalent of Hauptmann in the Wehrmacht) is missing

An extremely rare and well-preserved example of a Gau Sudetenland Honour Badge

with an upside-down core situating the reinstitution date of “1939” at the twelve o’clock position

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Funcke & Brüninghaus visually-hidden the reverse is a grey(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating