Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, Owner-Attributed Example United Republic of presumed dead

presumed dead

the waistband bears three stitched reinforced buttoning holes

Footnote: William Grassie was born on 27th July 1872 in Aberdeenshire

only in slightly worn condition

Footnote: Kiribati is known by its British colonial name of the “Gilbert Islands”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, Owner-Attributed Example United Republic of presumed dead(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse bearing a hand etched owners name of UFFZ. RUDI ZIKOFF, measuring 36. 65 mm (w) x 44.