(iii) Medal for Bravery
the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during the Second World War
He was only allowed to join with his father’s consent
he was taken on strength of the 3rd Artillery Brigade on May 22nd
Both his Southwest Campaign medal as well as teh Order of Vasa are confirmed in the Bavarian 1914 military handbook
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, With Case Newly Listed (iii) Medal for Bravery(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 67 mm (w) x 44. 28 mm (h), weighing 19. 9 grams, accompanied by a mis