Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade By The Vienna Mint, With Award Document To Rudolf Bogda Newly Listed A First War 8th Infantry

A First War 8th Infantry Battalion "The Black Devils" Cap Badge - Browning copper

65 mm (w) x 41

as when the men are standing

5 mm and 10

Soldiers had to remain on high alert because of possible raids on their positions

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade By The Vienna Mint, With Award Document To Rudolf Bogda Newly Listed A First War 8th Infantry(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel 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 an integrated hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat integrated catch, maker marked with LDO code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 26 mm (w) x