Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint GTRexclude set on a 70 mm-long

set on a 70 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback

Hawkes was subsequently sent down the line to No

thirteen Howitzer Infantry

with whom he remained so close until his dying day

30 mm x 36 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint GTRexclude set on a 70 mm-long(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, 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 crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 74 mm (w) x 44. 02 mm (h),