Germany, Imperial. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade Hold It was to be "a

It was to be "a pair of pale blue wings with a grenade and scroll beneath in old gold bearing the motto 'UBIQUE' (Latin for 'Everywhere') superimposed in the centre in red

engraver marked with the initials "JL" (Vogel and Langa) below the branches at the bottom

" (Machine Gunner) disk

Good example in very fine condition

aluminum plate printed with the number "0537" in black ink inset into the badge just below the Gate insignia

Germany, Imperial. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade Hold It was to be "a(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 Stahlhelm on top of crossed swords on a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped and raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 55 mm (w) x 43. 48 mm (h), weighing 8. 0 grams, in near extremely fine condition.