Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin visually-hidden small piece of red wool

small piece of red wool placed behind the voided area

5 cm (w) x 21 cm (h) when viewed from the obverse

This is a well preserved Austrian Gendarmerie/Police cap in the style of the well-known M43 cap

marked on end ring with a silver hallmark denoting Austro-Hungarian manufacture between 1872-1922

He was hospitalized for various ailments throughout his military service

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin visually-hidden small piece of red wool(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marineartillerie). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker