Germany, Imperial. A Black Grade Wound Badge Hold was commissioned as a Lieutenant

was commissioned as a Lieutenant Colonel on April 15

Moore Barracks at Shorncliffe on February 28th with a contusion to his back

the bar attached to one of the scabbard straps of a Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife via two copper wires

very minor enamel chipping to blue enamel obverse

Nord Amerika" with a personalized message in ink to the left

Germany, Imperial. A Black Grade Wound Badge Hold was commissioned as a LieutenantA first war German Black Grade Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen); oval shaped blackened bronze; hollow version; the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom; the reverse plain with a vertical needle style pin, sheet metal hinge, and a round wire catch; measuring 39. 47 mm (w) x 44. 71 mm (h); weighing 9. 3 grams; in overall extremely fine condition.