Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Archive This type is identified as

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A Third Reich period medal bar featuring four decorations

the interior of the lid presents black silk lining

Joseph Cox

Captain Baum didn't know that on top of this hill was an German observer post

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Archive This type is identified as(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,