Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Hermann Wernstein Archive Instituted 23 October 1914 by

Instituted 23 October 1914 by Ernest Augustus

Pelletier and his artillerymen were placed with Otter

the reverse with a cut-out wreath of a black wound badge attached (soldered) to the wreath of silver badge

other than on the heavily scratches edges

4th Class - by Austrian maker Scheid (1903-1914 period manufacture)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Hermann Wernstein Archive Instituted 23 October 1914 by(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 36 mm (w) x 44. 00 mm (h), weighing 23. 5 grams, accompanied by its period