Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant GTRexclude Designated ZR-3 (Zeppelin Rigid number

Designated ZR-3 (Zeppelin Rigid number 3) by the United States Navy

on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon pinned with Somme

Stamped onto the right side of the liner is a black ink maker’s mark of “HEINRICH BALKE MÜTZENFABRIK

including a Heeresverwaltung (Military Administration) officer’s shoulder board

A 14th Light Armoured Division Patch (in faded red and green embroidery

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant GTRexclude Designated ZR-3 (Zeppelin Rigid number(Kriegsabzeichen fr den Kstenartillerie). 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 vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating