Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed the Battalion became the 35th

the Battalion became the 35th Reserve Battalion and was subsequently absorbed into the 4th Reserve Battalion

gilt wear on the ball finials

and minor material fatigue is evident to the wire backer

and Luxembourg: War Cross

It landed in Sicily on July 10

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed the Battalion became the 35th(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 63 mm (w) x 44. 21 mm (h), weighing 22. 7 grams, demonstrating moderate loss of