Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive Footnote: The Medal was instituted

Footnote: The Medal was instituted by Victor Emmanuel II to commemorate the Crimea War and to reward all Sardinian participants of the war who had rendered active service between 1855-1856

In September 1944

assisted in the establishment

possibly from rounds fired by John Oliver Andrews

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive Footnote: The Medal was instituted(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 coastal artillery gun with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked