US$ 66.10
Wounded at Kitcheners' Wood 1915 - Queen's South Africa Medal
with pleasing tone
the right side of the bowl illustrating a large Red Ensign (the version used between 1871 and 1921) and inscribed "LOYAL TO THE COUNTRY" below
54 mm x 105 mm
Simms was discharged on March 22
Germany, Third Reich. A Thuringia Fire Brigade Academy Badge Auction Archive Wounded at Kitcheners' Wood 1915(Thringer Feuerwehr Schule Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a red and white enameled Thuringian lion rampant clutching a mobile swastika on a blue background, topped by a helmet and crossed axes, circumscribed by an inscription of THRINGER FEUERWEHR SCHULE, the reverse with an attachment clip, unmarked, measuring 27 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), some chipping of enamels evident, in near extremely