Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Case GTRexclude Private Frank McAlpine died from

Private Frank McAlpine died from illness on May 6

It returned to Çeşme twice more during this time to bombard it

At this camp he had to work in a nearby coal mine under inhuman conditions

bottom completed with two golden arabesques

and toned silver in the lions and castles

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Case GTRexclude Private Frank McAlpine died from(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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 clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 05 mm (w) x 44. 43 mm (h), weighing 9. 1 grams, accompanied by its