Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Archive the button is maker marked

the button is maker marked

Joseph Cox

the interior of the lid presents black silk lining

He was designated a Private and posted to the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Archive the button is maker marked(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, 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 a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinack meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 64 mm (w) x 43. 77 mm (h), weighing 25. 2 grams,