Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction Archive Institution Date: July 1951

Institution Date: July 1951

Its exterior features complete with a protruding cardboard-reinforced visor

surrounded by the inscription "WINTERSCHLACHT IM MASVREN" (Winter Battle in Masuren)

On the bottom left there’s a small emblem and the name of the photographer: Heinrich Hinz

" The doctor also noted he "Has lost weight

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction Archive Institution Date: July 1951(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 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 round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 46 mm (w) x 43. 98 mm (h), weighing 15. 9 grams, a superb