Two Black Grade Wound Badges Auction serving a total of eleven

serving a total of eleven years and forty-four days (two years of which were underage) with the 6th Battalion

eagle has outstanding detail to its head

he suffered a haemorrhage in 1915 but could not remember the name of the Medical Officer he was seen by

the first photo of the lot is that of the initial field grave of Sergeant John William Peter Melvin - who was killed April 7th 1917

Two Black Grade Wound Badges Auction serving a total of elevenTwo Black Grade Wound Badges Imperial Version (iron, magnetic, black paint, 39. 6 mm x 45 mm, vertical pinback, contact and wear on the helmet); and Third Reich Version (iron, magnetic, black paint, 37 mm x 45 mm, vertical pinback, rust spot on the reverse). Very fine and extremely fine, respectively.