Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, With Case certificate_of_authenticity circumscribed by inscription “ITALIENISCH DEUTSCHER

circumscribed by inscription “ITALIENISCH DEUTSCHER FELDZUG IN AFRICA” (“ITALIAN-GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA”)

He served as a musician

Arriving Philadelphia

inscribed F

the interior features a 42 mm wide tan leather sweatband neatly held in place by a row of machine stitching

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, With Case certificate_of_authenticity circumscribed by inscription “ITALIENISCH DEUTSCHER(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a first pattern oval oak 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 a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 27 mm (w) x 44. 55 mm (h), weighing 24. 9 grams, accompanied by