Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Province of China Sapper Albert Edwin Mercer

Sapper Albert Edwin Mercer

A Tunic Removed Army Officer's Breast Eagle - in silver bullion wire on dark green cloth

for the Verdienstkreuz des Ordens vom Deutschen Adler Erster Stufe (Order of the German Eagle 1st Class)

more than twenty Legionnaires were killed

Carbert enlisted with the 20th Battalion (Halton Rifles)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Province of China Sapper Albert Edwin Mercer(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber, 1. Form). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 74 mm (w) x 43. 60 mm (h), weighing 8. 3 grams, demonstrating loss of silver finish