ten days shy of his eighteenth birthday
the obverse centre bears a raised silvered plate
He left for his new unit on the 23rd and arrived with them in the field on the 28th
In October 1934 the DAF was given official status as a sub-section of the NSDAP
Egypt on May 14th
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Lot of Wound Badges, All Grades Republic of ten days shy of his(Verwundetenabzeichen). A lot of Wound Badges, including: 1. A Black Grade award, constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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 hollow reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 07 mm (w) x 43. 39