Hey gents - this might be a question with an obvious answer, but wanted to run it by the experts before thinking I had it figured out. I know a lot of WWI veterans waited through the 20s, 30s, and some even the 40s to get their complete military records and be officially issued their Verwundetenabzeichen. Personally, I have three such cases in my own collection. Am I correct in assuming that these men still received wound badges without swastikas, even if issued this late? Is this one of the reasons we come across "WWII style" helmeted-wound badges without swastikas? That would be my suspicion.

Thank you in advance for your thoughts!

Hey gents - this might be a question with an obvious answer, but wanted to run it by the experts before thinking I had it figured out. I know a lot of WWI veterans waited through the 20s, 30s, and some even the 40s to get their complete military records and be officially issued their Verwundetenabzeichen. Personally, I have three such cases in my own collection. Am I correct in assuming that these men still received wound badges without swastikas, even if issued this late? Is this one of the reasons we come across "WWII style" helmeted-wound badges without swastikas? That would be my suspicion.

Thank you in advance for your thoughts!