Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Hold First Secretary

First Secretary

and was married to his wife Rose prior to enlisting for the First World War on March 15

A badge commemorating the Tag Der Wehrmacht at Glenhausen

(15mm x 33mm) suspended from original period ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Hold First Secretary(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf 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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 57 mm (w) x 42. 85 mm (h), weighing 12. 2 grams, in a rare first pattern badge