Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Bronze Grade, With Case United Republic of number stamped "1526"

number stamped "1526"

dual horizontal pinbacks

Six months after joining the 90th Foot at Aldershot

This side cap is fabricated from black cotton

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Bronze Grade, With Case United Republic of number stamped "1526"(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, 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, unmarked, measuring 36. 53 mm (w) x 44. 15 mm (h), weighing 31. 5 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case,