Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by C.E. Juncker Hold Colonel Henderson R

Colonel Henderson R

Breast Star (two-piece construction

Footnote: Pith helmets are lightweight cloth-covered (1st pattern) or felt-covered (2nd pattern) helmets used by the German Afrika Korps (Deutsches Afrikakorps)

84 mm (w) x 78

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by C.E. Juncker Hold Colonel Henderson R(Abzeichen 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, surrounding a central 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 round wire catch, designer