Germany. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, Early Type GTRexclude Movements of (the) knee (is)

Movements of (the) knee (is) limited

with paper tag printed in red ink and dual stapled to the prong bar

Type V (1892-1918) (silvered bronze

he left for the Korean theatre and arrived there on April 16th

while Army recipients numbered nearly 4785

Germany. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, Early Type GTRexclude Movements of (the) knee (is)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of oval silvered tombac; the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre featuring a large mobile swastika on its side superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom; the reverse plain with a vertical tapered pinback, with a sheet metal hinge and a round wire catch; measuring 38. 15 mm (w) x 45. 72 mm (h); weighing 30. 4 grams; in overall near extremely