Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Sohni, Heubach & Co. Newly Listed Footnote: The Legion of Merit

Footnote: The Legion of Merit was instituted on July 20

measuring 70 mm (w) x 30 mm (h) overall

measuring 75 mm x 20 mm

inscribed FRIDR AUG DG REX SAX INSTAURAVIT

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Sohni, Heubach & Co. Newly Listed Footnote: The Legion of Merit(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating