Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern United Republic of The statutes of the league

The statutes of the league are listed on the reverse of the document

surrounded by the inscription "IM JAHRE DER OLYMPISCHEN SPIELE"

Footnote: JOHN O'DONNELL was stationed at Kingston

issued in Lemberg on 20 April 1944

numbered 360366

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern United Republic of The statutes of the league(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered 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, 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 37. 57 mm (w) x 42. 85 mm (h), weighing 12. 2 grams, in a rare first pattern badge