Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge By Schwerin & Sohn Newly Listed awarded to Hauptmann Alfons Schill

awarded to Hauptmann Alfons Schill

he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and worked as Superintendent of the medical school at Royapuram

He was promoted to Captain in 1940 and after volunteering for parachute training

age soiling on the papered reverse of the frame

5 mm inclusive of its crown and crossed swords

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge By Schwerin & Sohn Newly Listed awarded to Hauptmann Alfons Schill(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marineartillerie). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse depicting an oval oak wreath, topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central coastal artillery gun pointing toward the top left, extending past the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 41. 9 mm x 54. 6 mm, weighing 23. 7 grams, gilding is gone,