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

equivalent of Hauptmann in the Wehrmacht) is missing

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

This is followed by seven pictures depicting etched decorations of the order

won yet another championship in the "Yellow Sea Fuelling Stakes

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