Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge GTRexclude Butler was a mobilized Massachusetts

Butler was a mobilized Massachusetts National Guardsman

large piece of the brown paper backer missing

Fabricated from an olive green-khaki cotton-wool blend with fold down flaps on either side

He was posthumously awarded the German Order by A

Province of Wilno

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge GTRexclude Butler was a mobilized Massachusetts(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of zink, the obverse with a central Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) bearing a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, inside of an oval laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 35. 97 mm (w) x 43. 72 mm (h), weighing 22. 2 grams, in very fine condition.