Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by B.H. Mayer Province of China 1918) when the Company was

1918) when the Company was opposed by a large force of the enemy

maker marked "WÄCHTLER & LANGE MITTWEIDA" on the reverse

it is likely that he was one of the many Marines that were killed in trying to get to the beach

tearing and soiling evident

surrounded by a ring of gilt bearing the motto EX ORIENTE LUX (OUT OF THE EAST IS LIGHT) in black enamel

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by B.H. Mayer Province of China 1918) when the Company was(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim,