Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Auction meaning “Unmarried women”)

meaning “Unmarried women”)

measuring 27 mm (w) x 47 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension

Fed through the right shoulder board is a forestry official's aiguillette

The Small "48" version was issued in England to the 34th Draft

Stitched onto the upper left arm is an insignia consisting of a dark grey wool backer bearing a machine-embroidered green oval oak leaf wreath

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Auction meaning “Unmarried women”)(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marineartillerie). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 depiction of a 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,