the box dual-slotted on both sides
it documents the events of the battle the day he was captured: "Just prior to 1100 hours on the 21st December 1944
in turn accommodating an original black and brown leather liner with six flaps
A Deutsche Jugend (DJ) membership badge
Dated 1933 on reverse
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of the box dual-slotted on both(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 an integral barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 68 mm (w) x 44. 30 mm (h), weighing 19. 9 grams, accompanied by its period