Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge In Black Archive It was nicknamed "Little Joe"

It was nicknamed "Little Joe" at Hunter Field in Savanah

Canadian Infantry) and Lecturer on History at the University of Toronto

it states that he was awarded the bar to the Military Medal on August 27 1919 as a member of the 43rd Battalion

As wingman to the fighter ace Hans-Joachim Marseille

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge In Black Archive It was nicknamed "Little Joe"(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, with a central Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) bearing a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords, on a pebbled field, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 74 mm (w) x 44. 27mm (h), weighing 12. 4 grams, in very fine condition.