Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Variation 3, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden A silver gilt Maltese cross

A silver gilt Maltese cross with blue enameled arms and with flames between the arms fo the cross

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the MC with its hardshelled case of issue

The underside of the visor has a green lacquered finish

a ten point star of alternating clusters of five smooth and five faceted rays

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Variation 3, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden A silver gilt Maltese cross(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 central coastal artillery gun with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating