Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac along with a faint hand

along with a faint hand engraved number on the reverse

six Letters from Johnson to his Mother (dated 1942-1943)

constructed of a ribbon sewn onto a bakelite button

the ribbons representing the Iron Cross 2nd Class 1939

excellent work greatly contributed to the liberation of the Netherlands

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac along with a faint hand(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 68 mm (w) x 44. 00 mm (h), weighing 8. 9