Germany, Imperial. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, Cut Out Version Archive measuring 175 mm (w) x

measuring 175 mm (w) x 230 mm (h))

His war service in Europe was briefly interrupted

on Kriegsmarine cloth backing

arriving in France on April 26

5 mm (w) x 32

Germany, Imperial. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, Cut Out Version Archive measuring 175 mm (w) x(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm on top of crossed swords, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with an illegible handwritten inscription, measuring 39. 76 mm (w) x 44. 35 mm (h), weighing 7. 0 grams, in extremely fine condition.