Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern GTRexclude marked on reverse with crowned

marked on reverse with crowned AM makers mark denoting A Michelsen manufacture

" (Pyrexia of Unknown Origin = fever)

standing upon a pedestal inscribed "ROMA" with a fasces below

his final destination listed as Johannesburg

the obverse bearing a central raised date of “1914”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern GTRexclude marked on reverse with crowned(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber, 1. Form). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, with 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 flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 74 mm (w) x 43. 60 mm (h), weighing 8. 3 grams, demonstrating loss of silver finish