Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac to honour and to endorse

to honour and to endorse pilgrimage to the Holy Places of Christianity in Palestine

above a banner bearing an inscription of “ИМИНИ ЛЕНСОВЕТА” (“IN THE NAME OF LENSOVIET”)

Brookes was transferred to the 10th Infantry Battalion in France on Apr 26

HUTCHINSON

A multi-layer construction with a star-burst effect

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac to honour and to endorse(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 14 mm (w) x 43. 46 mm (w), weighing 12. 4 grams, a scarce