Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed he contested the unit's reduction

he contested the unit's reduction in strength and he remained with it until January 22

After the Invasion of Poland

Includes: three Distinguished Flying Crosses (in bronze gilt

in an inter-woven thatched pattern in the centre

many of the liberated prisoners weighing half their normal body weight

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed he contested the unit's reduction(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, obverse depicts a Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) bearing a mobile swastika on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field within an oval laurel branch wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 35. 93 mm (w) x 43. 70 mm (h), weighing 21. 8 grams, in near extremely fine condition.