Coastal Artillery Maker Help

[hookahiko]

Here are the various setups seen on this type of badge. The badge on the lower left has the classic "S&L-type" catch.

Best regards,
---Norm

This information was very helpful Norm, thank you!

JD

[Norm F]

This may be more evidence for a late war use of copper undercoating. It's described by the vendor as "Nicht fertig gestelltes Marine-Artillerie-Kriegsabzeichen aus einer Lüdenscheider Ordensfabrik", and looks like it might be a zinc S&L with a deteriorating copper flash coating that was never finished?

I don't know anything more about the story, but it sounds like wartime leftovers persisted for many decades.