Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Buy Now 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment

8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment CEA Badge (two-piece construction

depicts an early closed winged eagle clutching a wreathed swastika

primarily for the C47 “Dakota” Aircraft

He was protestant and worked as a farmer in his civilian life

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Buy Now 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, 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 clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 67