Germany, Imperial. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, Cut-Out Screwback Version Archive with a green felt exterior

with a green felt exterior

illustrating a gold helmet on a cross base

the replacement suspension loop bearing a mis-matched maker’s mark with an LDO code of “L/58” for Rudolf Souval

the reverse bearing an additional handwritten inscription from Weyher

Shortly after arriving in England and still with the 95th Infantry Battalion

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, Cut-Out Screwback Version Archive with a green felt exterior(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber an Schraubscheibe). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm on top of crossed swords over a hollow void, the reverse with a threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, unmarked, measuring 38. 12 mm (w) x 43. 21 mm (h), weighing 14. 6 grams, demonstrating a period repair to the eleven oclock position of