Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Black Grade Wound Badge With Document, To Leutnant Zur See S. Grohnmeyer certificate_of_authenticity The Battalion left Canada June

The Battalion left Canada June 19

maker marked "BUTTONS LIMITED BIRMINGHAM" on the reverse

to reward civilians and non-combatants who served their country with distinction during the First World War

inscribed in blue ink and pencil "George Woodbury" on the reverse

A grouping of three German miniature badges

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Black Grade Wound Badge With Document, To Leutnant Zur See S. Grohnmeyer certificate_of_authenticity The Battalion left Canada June(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of blackened zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire, unmarked, measuring 37. 96 mm (w) x 45. 56 mm (h), weighing 9. 3 grams, with some loss of paint