and committed suicide when his division was surrounded behind enemy lines and had almost run out of ammunition
while the leather has the expected age wear
Clasps are worn to show each of the the theatres involved
Keane / Windy Corner / Barnham / Sussex" on the front panel
fine executed period engraving
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive and committed suicide when his(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 65 mm (w) x 44. 32 mm (h), weighing 20. 1 grams, accompanied by its period original