Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity 5 Air Division in Vancouver

5 Air Division in Vancouver on August 9

constructed of silver with gilt and multi-coloured enamels

approximate length 34cm (14)

Footnote: Richard Somerville Sikes was born on May 28

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity 5 Air Division in Vancouver(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