Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction Archive Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer's

Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer's Cap Badge with King's Crown (fouled anchor in silvered metal

These marks became compulsory by 1888

spotting and light contact evident on both sides

three-piece construction with a variation of the American flag in the ribbon

He returned to the United States on March 30th

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction Archive Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer's(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 39. 02 mm (w) x 44. 08 mm (h), weighing 13. 5 grams,