Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By B.h. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1973 after fifty-six months service

1973 after fifty-six months service in the Army

with reverse straps bearing a reinforced buttonhole meeting an identical buttonhole on the main strap

in the mastery of new combat equipment and other services associated with strengthening the defensive might of the USSR

A fine quality early war manufacture second war German silver grade “Verwundetenabzeichen”

As stated on the dust jacket: "This book comprises a factual history of the famous Lee-Enfield rifle and its forebears

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By B.h. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1973 after fifty-six months service(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 36. 57 mm (w) x 43. 96