Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction and it has remained the

and it has remained the highest-ranking decoration in Belgium since its creation

surrounded by a white enameled ring with a inscription of “SI DEUS NOBISCUM

83 mm x 136 mm

but was killed during a ‘Dark Radar Exercise’ on 15 August when his aircraft crashed into a hill near Helmsdale in Sutherland

The smock bears two vertical

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction and it has remained the(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 39. 02 mm (w) x 44. 08 mm (h), weighing 13. 5 grams,