Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hymmen & Co. Auction Archive arriving in Townsville

arriving in Townsville

Rare WWII British Airborne Force Beret 1945 - A scarce beret as worn by airborne forces

14 General Hospital at Wimereux the same day

After six days of this they moved us to another part of the line two or three miles away

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hymmen & Co. Auction Archive arriving in Townsville(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with code L 53 for maker Hymmen & Co., Ldenscheid, measuring 36. 58 mm (w) x 44. 07 mm (h), weighing 25. 7 grams, in better than very fine condition.