Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Newly Listed After thirty-two months

After thirty-two months

transferred to the Canadian Pioneer School on August 8th and posted to the 1st Reserve Battalion on August 9th

shows folding creases and frayed edges

who contributed significantly to the National Brazilian Army through exceptional services

An envelope sent by Feldpost (German military mail service)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Newly Listed After thirty-two months(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, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinack meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 64 mm (w) x 43. 77 mm (h), weighing 25. 2 grams,