Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Förster & Barth certificate_of_authenticity " / 100% WOOL /

" / 100% WOOL / WPL NO

A Heer Model 1916 Stahlhelm (steel helmet)

surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed 1607-1898 DAUGHTERS OF FOUNDERS & PATRIOTS OF AMERICA

measuring 65 mm in diameter

He committed suicide as a prisoner of US forces on May 10

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Förster & Barth certificate_of_authenticity " / 100% WOOL /(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, 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 reverse with a clip hinge emanating from a circular baseplate and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an identical baseplate, maker marked with LDO code L 21 for