Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, With Case Archive These pocket-size "Basic Field Manual’s"

These pocket-size "Basic Field Manual’s"

he likely returned to the United States during the later stages of the war and fought for his home country in the Pacific Theatre

This explains why the insignia appear crowded on the front of the cap (the cockade is covered entirely by the skirt arms and buttons)

slotted white felt medal bed

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, With Case Archive These pocket-size "Basic Field Manual’s"(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded tombak, 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 reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 49 mm (w) x 43. 96 mm (h), weighing 34. 1 grams, accompanied by a period