Germany, Third Reich. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, Late-War Example, by Förster & Barth Newly Listed and was disbanded in November

and was disbanded in November 1943 after being decimated in the fighting for Smolensk

measuring 103 mm (w) x 131 mm (l)

this is where Haas qualified for this award

with raised platform with recessed medal bed

Germany, Third Reich. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, Late-War Example, by Förster & Barth Newly Listed and was disbanded in November(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, with 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 LDO code L 21 for Frster & Barth, Pforzheim, measuring 36. 82 mm (w) x 44. 42 mm (h), weighing 22. 0 grams, a rare example of a