Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Friedrich Linden Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 40 mm (w) x 61

40 mm (w) x 61

light soiling and discolouration evident on the white embroidery on the wing

worn on a Hanoverian suspension bar with an incorrect period ribbon

hospitality

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Friedrich Linden Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 40 mm (w) x 61(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 crimped hinge soldered over a rectangular frame and vertical pinback