Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Funcke & Brüninghaus visually-hidden An extremely rare and well-preserved

An extremely rare and well-preserved example of a Gau Sudetenland Honour Badge

won yet another championship in the "Yellow Sea Fuelling Stakes

while the upper back is stamped in white ink with sizes of “44

with an upside-down core situating the reinstitution date of “1939” at the twelve o’clock position

the suspension loop has been lost and some loss of finish is evident

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Funcke & Brüninghaus visually-hidden An extremely rare and well-preserved(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating