Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Förster & Barth certificate_of_authenticity He committed suicide as a

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

A Heer Model 1916 Stahlhelm (steel helmet)

to be awarded to those who qualified as deportees or internees for acts of resistance

Footnote: This Order was issued by King Nicholas I while in exile in France

measuring 65 mm in diameter

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Förster & Barth certificate_of_authenticity He committed suicide as a(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