1919 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Seaman
notable edge knocks to reverse rim and bust of Columbus on obverse
It completes with a rounded and silvered zink alloy pommel
in die-stamped tombac with excellent crisp details
the center bearing a black enameled mobile swastika on an aluminum background
Germany, Imperial. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, Screwback Variant, by Otto Schickle Newly Listed 1919 and joined the Royal(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a central threaded lug retaining a replacement washer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a variant produced by Otto Schickle, Pforzheim, c. 1925, measuring 38. 54 mm (w) x 43. 48 mm