Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Constructed of bronzed feinzink

Constructed of bronzed feinzink

six Letters from Johnson to his Mother (dated 1942-1943)

excellent work greatly contributed to the liberation of the Netherlands

LUKE" and marked "STG

set on a 117 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback and green felt backer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Constructed of bronzed feinzink(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, 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 flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 68 mm (w) x 44. 00 mm (h), weighing 8. 9