A cross pattée of multi-piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border
resulting as Davis had predicted in the "plucking" of the "Plucking Board" itself
possibly as part of a graduation ceremony
the numbers changed to four D Class
A War Merit Cross Second Class without Swords
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of Wound Badges Auction A cross pattée of multi-piece(Verwundetenabzeichen). A pair of Wound Badges, including a silver grade award, constructed of feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, with a central Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) 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 round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 44 mm (w) x 44. 03 mm (h), weighing 23. 3 grams, in very fine condition, and; a