Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Archive Brooklyn Medal Group to Thomas

Brooklyn Medal Group to Thomas Maddock - Navy West Indies Campaign Medal (bronze

The spike base has five circular ventilation holes to the "neck" portion

surrounded by a ring of white enamel depicting an open ended wreath

surrounded by a blue-enamelled ring

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Archive Brooklyn Medal Group to Thomas(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silver). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 65 mm (w) x 43. 70 mm (h), weighing 9. 3 grams, with some loss of finish evident, a