Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge United Republic of Honourable Major & Quartermaster (April

Honourable Major & Quartermaster (April 1916) and then was transferred to the retired Officers List (February 1921)

uniform removed with the blue Kriegsmarine fabric still stitched to the reverse

where he would complete his training aboard Anson

and 330 mm from heel to toe

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge United Republic of Honourable Major & Quartermaster (April(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse depicts a Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) bearing a mobile swastika on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field with laurel branch wreath, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 65 mm (w) x 44. 33 mm (h), weighing 21. 8 grams, in better than very fine condition.