Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By B.h. Mayer GTRexclude Sapper Brown was admitted to

Sapper Brown was admitted to No

"to cheer and improve the morale and determination of its soldiers"

directly below is a tri-colour cockade on a navy blue backer

1898 between an American force under the command of William Rufus Shafter and Joseph Wheeler against a Spanish force led by Arsenio Linares y Pombo

with three loops on the reverse to attach to the shako helmet

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By B.h. Mayer GTRexclude Sapper Brown was admitted to(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