Open Silver Imperial wound badge

[GRB]

I would welcome any opinions on this open Silver Imperial wound badge:

[Edelweisse]

Very nice...I have always liked these “cut-out” type wound badges...1st for me to see “E.8.” marked... Another SME will comment. Thanks for sharing

[Ronny.R]

Hi

I see no problem with this one, nice one
accurately it is "E.S"

Cheers,
Ronny

[Edelweisse]

Thanks...E.S. ...makes sense. Very nice

[Hans N]

Nice one! That one is cut out by hand which can be seen by the material left in the catch area

[Stepdale]

SO does anyone have a clue about who E.S. was?
Dale

[rbminis]

SO does anyone have a clue about who E.S. was?
Dale

Eugen Schmidhäußler?
Ralph.

[Hans N]

Eugen Schmidhäußler?

Could be but then again E.S. could be "echt silber" as well
So far i have never seen a tombak badge marked E.S.... hardware is another matter though.

My 2 for reference

[Hans N]

A couple of more from my files, neither are made of tombak. The one with the prongs are most likely made to fastened on a photo album or similiar

[GRB]

Great info. Thanks everyone.

[Mike Kenny]

Hi,

A nice original badge but imo not a factory cut-out as the hardware was obviously in place before the cut-out was done.

Regards
Mike

[Stepdale]

Forgot to say, really like the OP’s WB as well as the others that Hans posted. I appreciate all the info you guys provide.

And my vote goes to Eugen S.
Dale

[Arctic War]

Some nice badges and great info!

Looks indeed like the cutout was done by hand.

Kind regards,

AW