Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin visually-hidden then was admitted as a

then was admitted as a pensioner to Trinity College

She began her professional life in Europe

the obverse bearing a central raised German national eagle with its wings spread apart clutching a wreathed sunwheel-style swastika situated within a ribbed ring bearing oak leaf branches

and Military Long Service Medal

black reinforced mesh backer

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin visually-hidden then was admitted as a(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 rounded catch, maker