Germany, Imperial. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, Screwback Variant, by Otto Schickle Newly Listed 1919 and joined the Royal

1919 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Seaman

the loss of most of the nickel plating

constructed of green and white rayon threading and completing in a loop at each end

It completes with a rounded and silvered zink alloy pommel

notable edge knocks to reverse rim and bust of Columbus on obverse

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, Screwback Variant, by Otto Schickle Newly Listed 1919 and joined the Royal(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