Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction Archive Footnote: John Ritchie was born

Footnote: John Ritchie was born in 1895 and enlisted September 12

that he was not married and that his trade was that of Mechanical Engineer

small enamel chip at 11 o’clock

It was besieged by the Carlists

and consists of a Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction Archive Footnote: John Ritchie was born(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm bearing a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 16 mm (w) x 42. 86 mm (h), weighing 11. 7 grams, a