Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade Auction 1849 and was promptly hurled

1849 and was promptly hurled back into the sea

1919 but his stint there was short lived

Chapter IV : En Route for the Somme - Albert

There are sewn-in shoulder boards that exhibit a matte silver flatwire face with white piping and a yellow underlay that serves as another row of piping

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade Auction 1849 and was promptly hurled(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with an integral barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 58 mm (w) x 44. 25 mm (h), weighing 24. 8 grams with loss of finish evident