Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Hold Instituted on 2 December 1849

Instituted on 2 December 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph I

exhibiting crazing and light soiling on the white finish on the belt

multi-fringed skirt attached to the top

he left for the 2nd Entrenching Battalion on November 3

Page 4 indicates that he was also entitled to maintenance and management of a woodgas generator at Zbirow on the same date

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Hold Instituted on 2 December 1849(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). A Wound Badge constructed of zink, the obverse depicts a Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) bearing a mobile swastika on top of crossed swords over a pebbled field with a laurel branch wreath, reverse marked 26 for B. H. Mayers Kunstprgeanstalt, Pforzheim, reverse presents a vertical pinback, measuring 36. 57 mm (w) x 43. 98 mm (h), and in good condition.