Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge By Schwerin & Sohn GTRexclude inscribed "Besikzeugnis" and numbered "No

inscribed "Besikzeugnis" and numbered "No 147546" on the front panel

Canadian Machine Gun Corps was awarded the Military Cross on the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday

(W) Class II (excluding motorcycles) on November 22nd

which might have brought about a mental stress

Footnote: The Independence Medal was instituted on April 17

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge By Schwerin & Sohn GTRexclude inscribed "Besikzeugnis" and numbered "No(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marineartillerie). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse depicting an oval oak wreath, topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central coastal artillery gun pointing toward the top left, extending past the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 41. 9 mm x 54. 6 mm, weighing 23. 7 grams, gilding is gone,