Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, L22 Marked GTRexclude inscribed "BAGHDAD

inscribed "BAGHDAD

consisting of a white enamelled Maltese cross with ball finials and delicate fleur-de-lys in each quadrant

Undeterred by the Army's assessment of his skills

pin and catch had been War time repaired/replaced

slight enamel flaking to reverse center

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, L22 Marked GTRexclude inscribed "BAGHDAD(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 crimped hedge embedded within a rectangular frame and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L22 for a contested variant