Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Badge, By Hermann Aurich Auction Archive while serving as a Gunner

while serving as a Gunner with the 1st Company

Footnote: Generalfeldmarschall Erhard Milch (30 March 1892 – 25 January 1972) was a German field marshal who oversaw the development of the Luftwaffe as part of the re-armament of Nazi Germany following World War I

a badge depicting an imperial crown with the dates 1725 to 1925

(Nationalsozialistische Fliegerkorps Segelfliegerabzeichen)

the inside right collar has three metal hooks meeting an equal number metal loops on the left allowing the collar to sit flush with the neck

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Badge, By Hermann Aurich Auction Archive while serving as a Gunner(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marine Artillerie). Constructed of gilded and patinated feinzink, 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, with a central coastal artillery gun and background waves, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Hermann Aurich,