Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, With Award Documents certificate_of_authenticity 1917 and drafted at Seaforth

1917 and drafted at Seaforth by the 2nd Battalion a month later

Neilson was awarded the Military Medal for actions in the Ypres Salient in early April 1916

the obverse lid with a gold embossed monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm I

Plaice (SS-390) was a Balao-class submarine and was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard

scattered mothing evident on the reverse with two rips on the black wool backer by the receiving end of the buckle

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, With Award Documents certificate_of_authenticity 1917 and drafted at Seaforth(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of blackened bronze, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 08 mm (w) x 44. 28 mm (h), weighing 13. 5 grams, in