Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Hohl Verbödet Version Auction Footnote: Frank Stanley Patterson was

Footnote: Frank Stanley Patterson was born on December 13

where he was posted to the Marine Corps Supple Center in Barstow

92mm (l) x 18

hallmarked and maker marked "V

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Hohl Verbödet Version Auction Footnote: Frank Stanley Patterson was(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 49 mm (w) x 43. 78 mm (h), weighing 24. 7