Germany, Imperial. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, Screwback Variant, by Otto Schickle visually-hidden Starzecki volunteered for service in

Starzecki volunteered for service in the army on September 19

outline of an Iron Cross embossed in silver on the top of the lid

which is headed by a governor-general

marked "Gust

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, Screwback Variant, by Otto Schickle visually-hidden Starzecki volunteered for service in(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a central threaded lug retaining a replacement washer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a variant produced by Otto Schickle, Pforzheim, c. 1925, measuring 38. 54 mm (w) x 43. 48 mm