a Paratrooper Badge
the breasts of the jacket close by eight reinforced button holes meeting an equal number of pebbled
rust spot evident on the reverse
barrel hinge with vertical pinback and round wire catch
the Germans had moved more troops into the Hammelburg area while the task force was resting
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Bronze Grade, Spanish Manufacture United Republic of a Paratrooper Badge(Verwundetenabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronze, 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 of separate construction, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 38. 67 mm (w) x 43. 40 mm (h), a rare Spanish made example in better than very fine condition.