Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, With Award Document, To Late-War Recipient Unteroffizier Kurt Abraham Auction Archive went into captivity

went into captivity

and the victory number of the squadron

although their efforts were troubled by fundraising challenges and the desire of the public to put the World War behind them

Heinrich Doehle (1883-1963)

or twenty-eight days' service offshore

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, With Award Document, To Late-War Recipient Unteroffizier Kurt Abraham Auction Archive went into captivity(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crosses swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 60 mm (w) x 44. 23 mm (h), weighing 22. 1 grams,