All pilots in the picture were awarded the Pour le Merite (Lt
reverse illustrates Death in the form of a skeleton
crease marks from having been folded in quarters
A wartime signed portrait of Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Footnote: Walter James McKay was born on November 17
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Hermann Wernstein Buy Now All pilots in the picture(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 45 mm (w) x 43. 90 mm (h), weighing 22. 7 grams, accompanied by its period