Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge By B.h. Mayer GTRexclude 5 October 1942 - Aachen

5 October 1942 - Aachen (aircraft struck by lightning

and that there was no ceremony

Above the top left pocket is a medal ribbon bar for an Iron Cross 1939 Second Class

Footnote: The Militia Company in Georgetown was created as a Volunteer Militia Company of Infantry sometime between 1856 and 1863

28 mm (w) x 19

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge By B.h. Mayer GTRexclude 5 October 1942 - Aachen(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, obverse depicts a Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) bearing a mobile swastika on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field with laurel branch wreath, unmarked, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, measuring 36. 56 mm (w) x 43. 95 mm (h), weighing 23. 8 grams, in near extremely fine condition.