Can anyone give me more id (see my album) on this pin. I know it is from WW1, Wonded in Black, but is it 1-2-3nd grade ect ?
Best regards
John
Can anyone give me more id (see my album) on this pin. I know it is from WW1, Wonded in Black, but is it 1-2-3nd grade ect ?
Best regards
John
"The badge had three versions: black (representing Iron), for those wounded once or twice by hostile action (including air raids), or frost-bitten in the line of duty; silver for being wounded three or four times, or suffering loss of a hand, foot or eye from hostile action (also partial loss of hearing), facial disfigurement or brain damage via hostile action; and in gold (which could be awarded posthumously) for five or more times wounded, total blindness, "loss of manhood", or severe brain damage via hostile action. Badges exist in pressed steel, brass and zinc, as well as some base metal privately commissioned versions. Those of the First World War were also produced in a cutout pattern." - Wikipedia
Tom
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