Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Fritz Zimmermann Auction hallmarked on cross of the

hallmarked on cross of the surmounting crown with a French swan (punch mark denoting pieces made from silver

trimmed with dual rows of golden-yellow bands

5 mm (w) x  60

And then we got just onto the continent and the word came back that the target was fogged in and we had to turn around and go back home

The Iron Cross certificate is dated to division command post on November 1

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Fritz Zimmermann Auction hallmarked on cross of the(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge situated within a square border and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch surrounded by an oblong border, maker marked with LDO code L24 for