Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive 1894 (CONTEST FOR THE WAR

1894 (CONTEST FOR THE WAR NEWSPAPER N

maker marked "ECCO" and marked "GOLD FILLED / STERLING BASE / GOLD SEAL" and engraved in Morse Cord "I Love You" above the name "Lois" in Script on the reverse

with the Luftwaffe eagles separately applied

reposing special Trust and Confidence in you Loyalty

the reverse with the date “13

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive 1894 (CONTEST FOR THE WAR(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, around a central coastal artillery gun with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked