also maker marked with the "OLC" (Overhoff & Cie Lüdenscheid) insignia on the third row on the reverse
He was decorated numerous times throughout the war
both from there on our right and from Ypres on our left
Measuring 590x830mm
Footnote: 16715-H Pilot Officer 1st Class William Michael Clarke was a Naval Aviator (Observer) in the Royal Canadian Navy
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity also maker marked with the(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid,