Description
on long length of period ribbon
but transferred to No
replacing Major-General Harry Salmon who had died in a plane crash while planning for Operation Husky
the first of four submarines he would see service with while with H
the remainder of the book with travel visas and unspoiled pages
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, By Heinrich Wander Hold on long length of period(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on topped of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 67 mm (w) x 44. 23 mm (h), weighing 6. 6 grams, accompanied by its period original package of