Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern United Republic of Belt is fabricated from a

Belt is fabricated from a thick leather with a smooth finished dark brown upper

measuring 58 mm x 45 mm

six minutes after Rosenberg had been pronounced dead

On his way back one of his patrol was wounded

Second badge with a two-piece construction

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern United Republic of Belt is fabricated from a(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