Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Rudolf Souval United Republic of a single shoulder board of

a single shoulder board of interwoven bright silver/aluminium Russian braid mounted on a green wool base

52 mm x 61 mm

chip in the red enamelled lower arm and gilt wear evident on the Hanseaten Cross

A grouping of four Imperial German medals

Footnote: The Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal was instituted by Pope Leo XIII on July 17

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Rudolf Souval United Republic of a single shoulder board of(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