A Kriegsmarine Coastal Artillery Badge By Funcke & Brüninghaus certificate_of_authenticity Barker fell in love with

Barker fell in love with aviation after watching pioneer aviators flying Curtiss and Wright Flyer aircraft at farm exhibitions between 1910 and 1914

Throughout the action he was tireless in his efforts to locate the enemy and was an inspiration to the men of his section

the maker's name having been smudged but appears to read "Steiner & Kede G

Privately punched on reverse: W T 1

finely cut dies for various components of the medal

A Kriegsmarine Coastal Artillery Badge By Funcke & Brüninghaus certificate_of_authenticity Barker fell in love withIn zinc, gilded wreath marked "L 56" on the bottom, textbook "S & L" version, with crimped hinge, very fine.