Original German WWII Silver Wound Badge by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt in Paper Packet Spade Grip Assembly The grenade used the same

The grenade used the same fuse assembly (the BZE 39) as the Model 43 Stielhandgranate ("Stick Grenade")

Iraq's army was primarily equipped with weaponry it had previously purchased from the Soviet Union and its satellites in the preceding decade

The 13 1/4 inch blade on this example (17 inches overall) is made from high nickel content iron

only 200 of Holcomb’s men remained able to repel German counterattacks

which also has a bit of a bend in it

Original German WWII Silver Wound Badge by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt in Paper Packet Spade Grip Assembly The grenade used the sameOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice maker marked silver wound badge by B. H. Mayer's Kunstprgeanstalt (Art Mint), complete with an original marked paper packet. The badge itself is constructed out of a die struck, zinc alloy base that has been silver washed. The oval badge depicts an embossed profile of a mobile swas, above an M35 pattern helmet, which is above two crossed broad swords. This then lies on a pebbled field and is