Germany, Third Reich. A Pair Of Badges Archive Cottle was appointed Lance Corporal

Cottle was appointed Lance Corporal on May 7

as he had been "engaged on strafing from a low level

A promotion certificate

with a patch of bright red wool sewn behind it

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair Of Badges Archive Cottle was appointed Lance Corporal(Drittes Reich Abzeichen). A pair of badges, including a Wound Badge, Black Grade, constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 93 for Richard Simm &