Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By B.h. Mayer Archive It was the war’s first

It was the war’s first carrier sunk by a German attack

the exterior with a black dimpled cloth covering on five sides

A First War Medal Trio to the 18th Canadian Infantry CEF - 1914-15 Star (77643 Pte A

the other six with a standard pinback

above an inscription of “SS-OBERABSCHNITT SÜDOST ALS ANERKENNUNG” (“SS-OBERABSCHNITT SOUTH-EAST

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By B.h. Mayer Archive It was the war’s first(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, 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, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 36. 62 mm (w) x 43. 90 mm