Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge By B.h. Mayer GTRexclude It helped to prepare for

It helped to prepare for the invasion of Normandy by striking airfields and marshalling yards in France

Footnote: The Militia Company in Georgetown was created as a Volunteer Militia Company of Infantry sometime between 1856 and 1863

Above the top left pocket is a medal ribbon bar for an Iron Cross 1939 Second Class

dated to June 3

on a royal blue embroidered diamond-shaped base

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge By B.h. Mayer GTRexclude It helped to prepare for(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, obverse depicts a Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) bearing a mobile swastika on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field with laurel branch wreath, unmarked, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, measuring 36. 56 mm (w) x 43. 95 mm (h), weighing 23. 8 grams, in near extremely fine condition.