Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity constructed of silver with gilt

constructed of silver with gilt and multi-coloured enamels

Gunner Young of 5 Canadian Medium Regiment was a signaller with an Observational Post party which made a sea-borne landing behind enemy line near Cesenatico

Footnote: Richard Somerville Sikes was born on May 28

approximate length 34cm (14)

1 District Depot in London on January 19

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity constructed of silver with gilt(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, surrounding a 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