Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive another in Bakelite

another in Bakelite

with an outline of an Iron Cross embossed in silver on the exterior lid

Hessian Landtag (state parliament) and chairman of the FDP Landtag faction

The dogfight took place immediately above the lines of the Canadian Corps

(3)    Wound Badge in Black with citation dated 8 October 1941

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive another in Bakelite(Verwundetenabzeichen). Constructed of brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, 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 a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 40 mm (w) x 42. 43 mm (h), weighing 7. 2 grams, the grade of the badge is