Germany, Imperial. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, Screwback Variant, by Otto Schickle visually-hidden pages from the London Gazette

pages from the London Gazette and assorted research papers

the reverse with two rollers

1922 and being transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve

hallmarked with boars head on the loop and the integral frame

Bronchial symptoms mild toxic symptoms & myasthenia (muscle weakness) predominating

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, Screwback Variant, by Otto Schickle visually-hidden pages from the London Gazette(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