Footnote: Private James McKay was with the Seaforth Highlanders (1540) during the Great War
on an incorrect ribbon (the correct ribbon is black with four vertical gold central stripes in two pairs)
He was posted as an Aircraftman Second Class
A very fine example of a silver grade Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
three piece construction
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by Josef Rückert & Sohn GTRexclude Footnote: Private James McKay was(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 92 for Josef Rckert & Sohn, Gablonz, measuring 36. 44 mm (w)