Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Unknown Maker Variant Archive the back portion named in

the back portion named in black ink "JOHN M

a Medical Personnel shoulder board cipher lays in the centre

he took a correspondence course with Lasalle College in Chicago

a two page Index

The battalion saw its first action at Saint-Eloi in April 1916 and went on to serve on the Somme

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Unknown Maker Variant Archive the back portion named in(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, the obverse with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by a documented by unidentified