Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Province of China This letter is dated 17

This letter is dated 17 January 1898

while the reverse bears a central ship similarly flanked by arabesques

Wound Medal (in bronze gilt with red enamels

This tunic is constructed of tan-coloured herringbone twill cotton

he joined the Hitler Youth as a teenager

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Province of China This letter is dated 17(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, 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 flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer & Lck,