the waistband bears three stitched reinforced buttoning holes
Footnote: Kiribati is known by its British colonial name of the “Gilbert Islands”
the obverse with fine quality enamels
only in slightly worn condition
Footnote: William Grassie was born on 27th July 1872 in Aberdeenshire
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, Owner-Attributed Example United Republic of the waistband bears three stitched(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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse bearing a hand etched owners name of UFFZ. RUDI ZIKOFF, measuring 36. 65 mm (w) x 44.