Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed also a period studio photograph

also a period studio photograph of the recipient

he developed eye problems that eventually lead to him going blind

" at the lower left and numbered "408" at the lower right

with pasted in newspaper article on the inside front cover entitled "Ehrentafel" (Roll of Honour)

His older twin brother

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed also a period studio photograph(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zinc, vertical pinback, obverse depicts a Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) bearing a mobile swastika on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field with laurel branch wreath, maker marked L 22 for Glaser & Sohn, Dresden, on reverse, measuring 44 mm (h) x 36 mm (w), in extremely fine condition.