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)

The perpetuation went to the Border Horse and is held by the XII Manitoba Dragoons

After having heard that Praxmarer has been interned in a concentration camp

dual lugs on each and makers marked K

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