Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Em/Nco’s Breast Eagle, Uniform Cut-Off Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Gilt on zinc

Gilt on zinc

The first Annual Dinner was held on December 21

(1872-1874 issue)

Instituted 1888

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Em/Nco’s Breast Eagle, Uniform Cut-Off Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Gilt on zinc(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.