Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, by Otto Schickle United Republic of A cased Grand Cross set

A cased Grand Cross set of the Order of the Crown of Italy

Helen McDonald

1917 he was struck in (the) calf of (his) right leg by shrapnel

A miniature portrait of an unidentified Prussian officer

The cover is unmarked and measures approximately 196 mm (h) x 344 mm (l) when folded on a flat surface

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, by Otto Schickle United Republic of A cased Grand Cross set(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a wide crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Otto