Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Förster & Barth Republic of 41 mm (w) x 40

41 mm (w) x 40

with light blue stitched Bann number "183" for "Herford" and each with 2 rank pips from gilded brass

the name plate at the bottom un-named

Washington when he registered for the First World War draft

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Förster & Barth Republic of 41 mm (w) x 40(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 and tapering pinback, the latter maker marked with LDO code