Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Badge, Wartime Example with Postwar Finish, by Rudolf Souval United Republic of with deep retail stamping of

with deep retail stamping of AWS in centre reverse

McCaw was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel

and bronze colours

moderate corrosion forming on the obverse with light corrosion on the reverse

fire damaged on the right side of the skull

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Badge, Wartime Example with Postwar Finish, by Rudolf Souval United Republic of with deep retail stamping of(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marineartillerie). Constructed of gilded and toned 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 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 rounded catch emanating from a circular