Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Archive He was promoted to Hauptmann

He was promoted to Hauptmann (captain) in 1925

Ontario on April 12

Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback maker marked "SPINK & SON Ltd"

a maker’s code of “M9/4”

gilt wear and contact marks on the VM

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Archive He was promoted to Hauptmann(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, around a central depiction of a 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,