Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Bronze Grade, Spanish Manufacture Hold reverse with raised inscription FÜR

reverse with raised inscription FÜR VERDIENSTE IM GRUBENWEHRWESEN (FOR SERVICE IN MINING RESCUE)

had only just turned 17 when he volunteered for service in the SS and eventually became a gunner of a tank destroyer

overlaid by an edelweiss

A Wehrmacht Army Russian Volunteer Shield - Machine embroidered "POA" Foreign Volunteer Shield as worn by Russians in the Wehrmacht on green backing

and Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences Medal (bronze

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Bronze Grade, Spanish Manufacture Hold reverse with raised inscription FÜR(Verwundetenabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronze, 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 of separate construction, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 38. 67 mm (w) x 43. 40 mm (h), a rare Spanish made example in better than very fine condition.