Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive Construction Engineer

Construction Engineer

it noted that there was a "foreign body in (his) left knee joint" on November 18

surrounded by the inscription "A

the obverse depicting a “droop tail” eagle clutching a mobile swastika in its talons

The letter of recognition for excellent performance is from October 2nd 1941 and reads: on the 23rd and 26th of September 1941

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive Construction Engineer(Verwundetenabzeichen). Constructed of brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 40 mm (w) x 42. 43 mm (h), weighing 7. 2 grams, the grade of the badge is