reverse with a horizontal principal pinback
acquired as a lot
It was established on February 24
with its mint and unused full length period-original ribbon
The attack was accurate leaving Essen virtually in ruins until the American 9th Army took control over the city on April 10th
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive reverse with a horizontal principal(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, around a central raised Stahlhelm bearing a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 16 mm (w) x 42. 86 mm (h), weighing 11. 7 grams, a