machine vowen in green and black threads over white cloth backing
before rejoining his unit on July 31st
with a forest green cotton patch stitched in place at the brow
The cape bears a forest green wool collar
he served to protect the French coast
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Auction machine vowen in green and(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 German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around 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 flat wire catch, maker marked SCHWERIN,