Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Auction The regiment suffered two officers

The regiment suffered two officers and 48 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 136 enlisted men who died of disease

Hondschoote

some corrosion but otherwise better than fine condition

wooden pea

and expeditions on foreign soil or hostile waters

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Auction The regiment suffered two officers(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, 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 raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinack meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 64 mm (w) x 43. 77 mm (h), weighing 25. 2 grams,