Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern GTRexclude marked with a crescent moon

marked with a crescent moon and crown indicating post-1886 German manufacture

within a barbed wire wreath

where it participated in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862

itself suspended from a 22

his Name Tag (black ink on white paper

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern GTRexclude marked with a crescent moon(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silver). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak 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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 65 mm (w) x 43. 70 mm (h), weighing 9. 3 grams, with some loss of finish evident, a