Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Förster & Barth Buy Now with obverse exhibiting a superposed

with obverse exhibiting a superposed enameled red and blue Chilean escutcheon

he would lose his American citizenship in the process

Wickenden was named Acting Lance Corporal on April 3

worn example tunic removed

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

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, by Förster & Barth Buy Now with obverse exhibiting a superposed(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