Original German WWI Veteran Framed Award Grouping with Award Document from Ohio Consulate, 3 Awards & Photo - 12 3/4" x 21 1/2" Category_Flintlock Pistols The Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen) was

The Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen) was a German military decoration first promulgated by Wilhelm II

who stamped a CRESCENT MOON on bolt components

All infantry commanders were forced to respect the danger any cavalry presented to their forces

There is a lot to decipher and read within the pages of these items

The cutting blade measures just over 10 inches

Original German WWI Veteran Framed Award Grouping with Award Document from Ohio Consulate, 3 Awards & Photo - 12 3/4" x 21 1/2" Category_Flintlock Pistols The Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen) wasOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a very nice Imperial German WWI Award grouping, belong to a German Veteran who looks to have relocated to the United States following the war. It has been mounted on a red background, and set into a 12 3 4" x 21 1 2" glazed wooden frame, which we assume is only a few decades old, and not period. The frame contains an award document indicating that Hern Lorenz Merk had been awarded the Ehrenkreuz fr Frontkmpfer