Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern Newly Listed but the mayor sends another

but the mayor sends another letter to the district administrator (Landrat) of Stade stating that he is unable to fill out the requested forms as he doesn’t have them

which had left the Congo in April 1897 and began the trek east

thus revealing the brass underneath

Fahnenjunker

water-resistant stiff frame

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern Newly Listed but the mayor sends another(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