He works as a lathe operator
Footnote: John Ritchie was born in 1895 and enlisted September 12
small enamel chip at 11 o’clock
It was besieged by the Carlists
that he was not married and that his trade was that of Mechanical Engineer
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction Archive He works as a lathe(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm bearing a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 16 mm (w) x 42. 86 mm (h), weighing 11. 7 grams, a