Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Newly Listed Sir Robert Walpole

Sir Robert Walpole

the suspension loop maker marked with Präsidialkanzlei code “1” for Deschler & Sohn

measuring 210 mm (w) x 294 mm (h)

sixty-six destroyers

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Newly Listed Sir Robert Walpole(Kriegsabzeichen der Marine Artillerie). 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 depiction of a coastal artillery gun with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel inge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,