Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Badges and Insignia Auction Archive Footnote: With an engraving attributing

Footnote: With an engraving attributing this piece to a German soldier at Ypres in May 1915

along with some loss of finish and scratching of the handle grip and material fatigue to the portepee

the Battalion was redesignated the 23rd Reserve Battalion

1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel D

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Badges and Insignia Auction Archive Footnote: With an engraving attributing(Abzeichen und Insignien). A mixed lot of badges and insignia, including: 1. A Black Grade Wound Badge, constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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 clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L