Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by B.H. Mayer Province of China surrounded by a ring of

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

maker marked "WÄCHTLER & LANGE MITTWEIDA" on the reverse

it is in the same style as other Liberty Cuffs

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

a copy of “Gefangener des Friedens: Neue Briefe aus Spandau” (“Prisoner of Peace: New Letters from Spandau”) by Ilse Hess

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by B.H. Mayer Province of China surrounded by a ring of(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,