Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction Archive from January 1916 to February

from January 1916 to February 1917

(Fürstlich Schaumburg-Lippische Hausorden

He was transferred to Base Depot at Shorncliffe on the 6th

The Norfolk Regiment fought in the Great War on the Western Front and in the Middle East

wrapping around black-finished magnetic buttons on either side

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction Archive from January 1916 to February(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the obverse with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pin meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 64 mm (w) x 43. 43 mm (h), weighing 12. 5 grams, some loss of finish evident,