Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed and the sheer distance traveled

and the sheer distance traveled

where the previous 1936 Games had been held

The battle of Quota 731 has been referred to as the Greek "Verdun" of the 1940-1941 war with Italy

suspended from an anchor and attached to an original neck ribbon with a large cavat featuring thirteen white embroidered stars

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed and the sheer distance traveled(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 an integral barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 68 mm (w) x 44. 30 mm (h), weighing 19. 9 grams, accompanied by its period