Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Sohni, Heubach & Co. Newly Listed and signed in blue ink

and signed in blue ink by the Commanding General and Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe Command East

The insignia measures 54 mm (w) x 42 mm (h)

Continuing to serve after the war

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

exhibiting "multiple varicosity of both lower limbs" and determined unfit for service but was somehow accepted for service

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Sohni, Heubach & Co. Newly Listed and signed in blue ink(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