Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint Hold Brigadier General Forrest was lost

Brigadier General Forrest was lost in action during a bombing attack on the submarine yards of Kiel

English-made in the 1940s

He later went on to fight in the First Battle of the Marne

hunting and skeet shooting

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint Hold Brigadier General Forrest was lost(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central 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, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 19 mm (w) x 43. 74 mm (h), weighing 24.