Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade GTRexclude black beige and olive green

black beige and olive green embroidered insignia on black nylon

this time for "six months"

along with copies of his Silver Star

He would continue to farm for the next eighteen years

Constructed of bronze and wood

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade GTRexclude black beige and olive green(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, joined at the bottom by a bowtie 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. 62 mm (w) x 44. 84 mm (h), weighing 7. 4 grams, in very fine condition.