Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac First Class Iron Cross 1939

First Class Iron Cross 1939 and Second Class Iron Cross 1939 (both 9mm)

The British government realized that with the Fortress of Louisbourg under French control

A Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100 commemorative medal

and pinned with dual aluminum rank pips and numerals “9”

Knighted (1955)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac First Class Iron Cross 1939(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz mit Etui). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 11 mm (w) x 44. 93 mm (h), weighing 11. 7 grams, accompanied