Germany. A Black Grade Wound Badge By Carl Wild Of Hamburg United Republic of with the signature of the

with the signature of the Earl of Chatham (John Pitt

It is surmounted by a white cotton circle

the men had not been paid in months

William Ralph Brookes died on July 20

1914 - 1918

Germany. A Black Grade Wound Badge By Carl Wild Of Hamburg United Republic of with the signature of theA second war Black Grade Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen); oval shaped blackened metal (magnetic); the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre featuring a large mobile swastika on its side superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom; the reverse plain with a functional pinback assembly; maker marked 107 for Carl Wild of Hamburg on the reverse; measuring 36. 77 mm (w) x 44. 33 mm (h); weighing