Germany, Imperial. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, Screwback Version, KM-Marked Auction Maltese cross with emanating rays

Maltese cross with emanating rays between the arms

graduating from Harbord Collegiate Institute

00 mm (w) x 45

58 x 91mm (inclusive of loop)

enamels with hairline cracks

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, Screwback Version, KM-Marked Auction Maltese cross with emanating rays(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber an Schraubscheibe). Constructed of stamped and silvered tombak, 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 screwpost retaining an original backplate, the latter maker marked with initials KM possibly indicating manufacturer by the Stuttgart Mint, measuring