original ribbon with brooch pinback marked "LI-GI"
with white/purple interior
The expedition arrived too late
maker mark has been scratched out
8 Casualty Clearing Station
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction Archive original ribbon with brooch pinback(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm bearing 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. 16 mm (w) x 42. 86 mm (h), weighing 11. 7 grams, a