Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Province of China 1915 A & B Battery

1915 A & B Battery were deployed to the Western Front at Ploegsteert Wood (Ypres)

Generalleutnant Otto Ernst Ottenbacher (1888–1975)

dual lugs on each and makers marked K

Constructed of blackened metal (magnetic)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Province of China 1915 A & B Battery(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 57 mm (w) x