Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by C.E. Juncker Newly Listed inscribed "EXPOSITION UNIVERSALLE 1889" above

inscribed "EXPOSITION UNIVERSALLE 1889" above and dated "2 OCTOBRE" (October 2) below

topped by a layer of fine woven silver aluminum wire threading

An early 1900s manufacture

This untouched and late-war example remains in a very fine condition

"Bob" Scarlett

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by C.E. Juncker Newly Listed inscribed "EXPOSITION UNIVERSALLE 1889" above(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 with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a flattened catch emanating from a circular plate, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK,