Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity illustrating a football-playing scene in

illustrating a football-playing scene in front of the net on the obverse

The wrap is close by an arrangement of nine bakelite buttons of various sizes on the right flap meeting an equal number of buttonholes on the left flap

and it measures approximately 17 cm (w) x 24 cm (l) x 22 cm (h) (inclusive of spike)

moderate material fatigue evident

scattered surface rust overall

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity illustrating a football-playing scene in(Kriegsabzeichen der Marine Artillerie). 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 depiction of a 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,