Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now It is a standard issue

It is a standard issue First War M1916 helmet

so apparently he must not have been rewarded the Pour le Merite at the time the picture was taken

obverse featuring Pegasus with the Roman number dates "MCMXIV-MCMXXVIII" (1914-1918) and engraver marked "E

reverse of cross is unmarked

It is divided into twenty-one chapters: I - The Lincoln Militia in the War of 1812

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now It is a standard issue(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). 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 integrated catch, maker marked with LDO code L 16 for Steinhauer & Lck, measuring 36. 62 mm (w) x 44. 30 mm (h), weighing