Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Förster & Barth Buy Now topped by the monogram of

topped by the monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II and situated above dates “1914-15”

he would lose his American citizenship in the process

and some discolouration

Wickenden was named Acting Lance Corporal on April 3

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Förster & Barth Buy Now topped by the monogram of(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 and tapering pinback, the latter maker marked with LDO code