Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Em/Nco’s Breast Eagle Auction Archive and Commemoration of the Birth

and Commemoration of the Birth of Botanist/Physician/Zoologist Carolus Linnaeus in 1707 Medal (AKA Carl Linnaeus and Carl von Linné

Marked 925 silver

inscribed in black running script "A Rifleman of the 4th Line Battalion / K's German Legion

Ships that were numbered were civil ships that the Kriegsmarine requisitioned and repurposed for military tasks

An additional set of three horizontal loops appears below the Order of Vitez

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Em/Nco’s Breast Eagle Auction Archive and Commemoration of the Birth(Kriegsmarine Brustadler). Constructed of field grey rayon, the obverse with a BeVo style golden yellow Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on a forest green backer, unmarked, measuring 126 mm (w) x 55 mm (h), in unissued and extremely fine condition.