Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Variation 1, Refurbished Example by C.E. Juncker Auction and enameled

and enameled

6mm (w) x 56mm (h) including crown suspension

featuring a full-colour caricature of a weary Benito Mussolini being led in chains by a corpulent and decoration-clad Hermann Göring

Strachan was struck off strength of the 13th Reserve Battalion to the 26th Infantry Battalion

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Variation 1, Refurbished Example by C.E. Juncker Auction and enameled(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and