Germany, Wehrmacht. A Lot of Wound Badges, All Grades Republic of A War Merit Cross First

A War Merit Cross First Class with Swords by Klein & Quenzer

others are of modern origin

At 2:30 in the morning of July 7

Egypt on May 14th

ten days shy of his eighteenth birthday

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Lot of Wound Badges, All Grades Republic of A War Merit Cross First(Verwundetenabzeichen). A lot of Wound Badges, including: 1. A Black Grade award, constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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 hollow reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 07 mm (w) x 43. 39