Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by C.E. Juncker Auction silvered submarine in the center

silvered submarine in the center

7 mm enamelled ribbon bar with pinback

REPUBLIC" below and engraver marked "AB"

In later years

a 53-year-old Army Headquarters staff officer from Melbourne

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by C.E. Juncker Auction silvered submarine in the center(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 ground upon which the ground is situated demonstrating the Juncker firms characteristic