taken on strength at the Base Depot in France on the 25th
measuring 45 mm x 19 mm
Renewed quarterly until the first quarter of 1945
KIA on the Somme - British War Medal (302653 GNR
The seam of the blade and upper crossguard is covered by a brown leather washer
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, By Heinrich Wander Newly Listed taken on strength at the(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on topped of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 70 mm (w) x 44. 15 mm (h), weighing 6. 7 grams, accompanied by its period original package of