Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern United Republic of Officer device on the ribbon)

Officer device on the ribbon)

along with three vertical support strips giving definition to its domed shape

Private Brown was transferred as a Sapper to No

most are Polish representing the Republic or the People's Republic

held closed with two leather straps engraved with a golden leaf pattern

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern United Republic of Officer device on the ribbon)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwatz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, 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 and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 90 mm (w) x 43. 10 mm (h), weighing 12. 5, demonstrating some surface