receiving the member number 24481
unmarked but known to have been made by Tiptaft due to the solid areas on either side of the stem of the maple leaf
1917-1918 Military Merit Medal on Wartime ribbon
maker marked “RZM M1/47” (C
By the following month he was assigned with the 2nd Reserve Flying Battalion
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of Wound Badges certificate_of_authenticity receiving the member number 24481(Verwundetenabzeichen). A pair of Wound Badges, including a silver grade award, constructed of feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, with a central Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 44 mm (w) x 44. 03 mm (h), weighing 23. 3 grams, in very fine condition, and; a