Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He served under Rommel in

He served under Rommel in France and later again in Africa

A 1939 Fünfter Preis Reichswettkämpfe der SA Berlin

(Luftwaffe Tropen Hose für Mannschaften)

He was posted the Head Quarters of the 5th Army Field Regiment on June 3

he was placed into the Reserve

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He served under Rommel in(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marineartillerie). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded