Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive although very few recipients took

although very few recipients took up the offer

with an outline of an Iron Cross embossed in silver on the exterior lid

Hessian Landtag (state parliament) and chairman of the FDP Landtag faction

containing 187 pages in addition to 53 supplemental pages

measuring 52 mm (w) x 62 mm (h) (without backer)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive although very few recipients took(Verwundetenabzeichen). Constructed of brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around 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. 40 mm (w) x 42. 43 mm (h), weighing 7. 2 grams, the grade of the badge is