Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Archive He was designated a Private

He was designated a Private and posted to the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade

Russia: Type 3

copy of the book (in French) written by Colonel Pelletier describing his Military Service

the button is maker marked

Captain Baum didn't know that on top of this hill was an German observer post

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Archive He was designated a Private(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinack meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 64 mm (w) x 43. 77 mm (h), weighing 25. 2 grams,