Germany, SS. An 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel Collar Tab certificate_of_authenticity Silver Grade Wound Badge also

Silver Grade Wound Badge also in zinc

the reverse with a central inscription of “KRIEGS-VERDIENST” (“WAR MERIT”)

Early on he was wounded by a gas attack while with 'C' Company at the Second Battle of Ypres

the breeches present free of evident issues with the exception of a single cracked reverse button

in turn meeting a bronze buckle set into the opposite end

Germany, SS. An 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel Collar Tab certificate_of_authenticity Silver Grade Wound Badge also(Waffen SS Kragenspiegel fr Mannschaften der 18. SS Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Division "Horst Wessel"). Constructed of black wool with a buckram core, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey Sturmabteilung (SA) insignia, the reverse demonstrating white threading (some of which protrudes onto the lower edge consequent to hurried construction), unmarked, measuring 40 mm (w) x 55 mm (l), a classic Dachau style tab in unissued and