Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive maker marked "KOVNICA SORLINI VARAZDIN"

maker marked "KOVNICA SORLINI VARAZDIN" on the inside lid

becoming a Corporal on January 30

the left upper sleeve bears a Gefreiter rank chevron constructed of a single

page 11 - "Corporal Ruddick

with the body of the cap fabricated from a light gray wool

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive maker marked "KOVNICA SORLINI VARAZDIN"(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 62 mm (w) x 44. 28 mm (h), weighing 27. 3 grams, some loss of silver finish