Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Archive same coat-of-arms on the inside

same coat-of-arms on the inside lid

but also as part of the stamp

their nine month term of service had expired (they were told they would be released on June 10th

Hammelburg

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Archive same coat-of-arms on the inside(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel 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 vertical pinback meeting an integrated round catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 36. 56 mm (w) x 43. 90 mm (h),