Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Em/Nco’s Breast Eagle, Uniform Cut-Off Example Auction a War Merit Cross 2nd

a War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords award document (148x210mm

the Royal Naval Barracks at Chatham on August 14th

Cullin with a strength of 34 officers and 1

” at the right and engraver marked R

with a hook placed on the right side on the reverse for attachment to the missing receiving belt loop

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Em/Nco’s Breast Eagle, Uniform Cut-Off Example Auction a War Merit Cross 2nd(Kriegsmarine Kstenartillerie Brustadler). Constructed of dark green rayon, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered golden brown Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 105 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), stitched to a field grey wool backer cut from a period uniform, measuring 170 mm (w) x 105 mm (h) overall, with minor soiling visible to the eagle, a field retrieved example in near extremely fine condition.