Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Unknown Maker Variant Archive exhibiting crazing and wear on

exhibiting crazing and wear on the exterior of the weather flap and the main pouch itself

the back portion named in black ink "JOHN M

issued on 20 August 1946

The battalion saw its first action at Saint-Eloi in April 1916 and went on to serve on the Somme

a Medical Personnel shoulder board cipher lays in the centre

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Unknown Maker Variant Archive exhibiting crazing and wear on(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, the obverse with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by a documented by unidentified