Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin Hold with an additional illegible signature

with an additional illegible signature just above Gahr’s

surrounded by a blue enameled ring inscribed “Fideliter & Constanter” (Latin - Loyal and Resistant)

the barrel of his rifle having been lost to time

stitched in place

Appointed Curate of Putney

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin Hold with an additional illegible signature(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