Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Rudolf Souval Archive and an F6F-5 named Minsi

and an F6F-5 named Minsi III (Bureau Number 70143)

Constructed of metal (magnetic) with a matte olive drab finish

Original two-piece leather chinstrap has been lost to time as well

Wilder later remarked that she was at the front lines more than Eisenhower

1918 (confirming his awarding of the Meritorious Service Medal) and assorted research papers

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Rudolf Souval Archive and an F6F-5 named Minsi(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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker