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

1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel D

the Battalion was redesignated the 23rd Reserve Battalion

residue in the recessed areas on the bronze items from cleaning

Italian Order of Savoy

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