Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by Josef Rückert & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac in silver with white enamels

in silver with white enamels in the shape of a double headed eagle

and his life fizzled out in my arms

1945 in a daylight raid on Wangerooge

presenting slightly cleaning residues on both obverse and reverse

with a round central white enameled medallion bearing a red enameled Greek Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by Josef Rückert & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac in silver with white enamels(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 92 for Josef Rckert & Sohn, Gablonz, measuring 36. 44 mm (w)