later rejoining his unit in the field on the 29th
(Goldenes Verdienstkreuz)
the obverse bears two decorated intertwined mirrored “G”s with a crown at the top
Northern Region Branch Badge
topped by four bands of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with red and black threaded chevrons
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by B.H. Mayer Archive later rejoining his unit in(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, with the number 6 correctly sitting