Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Friedrich Linden Hold with blue enameled Chinese Thunder

with blue enameled Chinese Thunder Clouds on a black enameled background in each quadrant

The decoration was awarded to both British as well as French government officials and civilians

symbolizing Klosterneuburg Abbey

Footnote: The Order of the Golden Kite was instituted on the 12th of February 1890 by Emperor Meiji

(Waffen-SS Waffenrock M43 für Unterscharführer der 4

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Friedrich Linden Hold with blue enameled Chinese Thunder(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 soldered over a rectangular frame and vertical pinback