Germany. A Black Grade Wound Badge By Carl Wild Of Hamburg United Republic of 1914 - 1918

1914 - 1918

Enlisted in Limerick while living in Immingham

Footnote: The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts

William Ralph Brookes died on July 20

Germany. A Black Grade Wound Badge By Carl Wild Of Hamburg United Republic of 1914 - 1918A second war Black Grade Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen); oval shaped blackened metal (magnetic); the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre featuring a large mobile swastika on its side superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom; the reverse plain with a functional pinback assembly; maker marked 107 for Carl Wild of Hamburg on the reverse; measuring 36. 77 mm (w) x 44. 33 mm (h); weighing