Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Friedrich Linden United Republic of Footnote: The Order of the

Footnote: The Order of the Crescent was instituted in 1799 by Sultan Selim Khan III Ilhami and awarded to foreigners for services rendered during the Napoleonic wars

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Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, By Friedrich Linden United Republic of Footnote: The Order of the(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marine Artillerie). Constructed of partially gilded feinzink, the obverse consisting of a gilded oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central coastal artillery gun with waves in the background, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich