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    Title

  • Wound badge, WW I

  • Physical Description

    1 medal : steel ; 1.8" x 1.6" , 4.5 x 4 cm

  • Date

    circa 1918

  • Summary

    Oval blackened steel badge with magnetic core; the face stippled with a helmet imposed on crossed swords within a laurel wreath border; the reverse plain with pin for wear.

  • Subject

    World War, 1914-1918, Germany, Medals; Military decorations, Germany

  • Medium

    Military decorations

  • Part Of

    Loewensohn Family Collection, AR 2909

  • Accession Number

  • URL

Biographical/Historical Information

Isidor Loewensohn, lieutenant and major (1888-1933)

The wound badge was instituted on 3 March 1918 in three grades, black for one or two wounds, as in this example, silver for three or four wounds and gold for five or more wounds.

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Citation

Wound badge, WW I, Leo Baeck Institute, 61.167.