Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Archive 1917 by "Mick" Mannock of

1917 by "Mick" Mannock of No 40 Squadron RFC and taken prisoner

Footnote: A total of 426 of this House Order of Hohenzollern

without visible markings

1940 began the Air War against England

McKillop standing at the left

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Archive 1917 by "Mick" Mannock of(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 98 mm (w) x 44. 22 mm (h), weighing 10. 6 grams, some loss of black finish evident,