Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold surrounded by a further ring

surrounded by a further ring of green enamels with four gilded silver laurel branches

the arms inscribed “DÜPPEL 18

serving against the Germans off the coast of East Africa from April 1916 to May 1917

He was hit with a bout of appendicitis in 1935 but made a quick recovery

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold surrounded by a further ring(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm bearing a raised a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 62 mm (w) x 44. 35 mm (h), weighing 20. 8 grams, accompanied by its period original