Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Newly Listed to Strzelec Szeregowiec (Rifleman Private)

to Strzelec Szeregowiec (Rifleman Private) Mieczyslaw Kraskowski

three years in Indochina

a thick bronze-gilt white enameled Maltese cross with gilt fleurs-de-lys in each quadrant

The rock on the beaches was discovered to be quite unsuitable for tracked vehicles

an early Polish made cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Newly Listed to Strzelec Szeregowiec (Rifleman Private)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 24 mm (w) x 44. 84 mm (h), some oxidation evident, in overall very fine condition.