Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive Jodl received a Knight’s Cross

Jodl received a Knight’s Cross in early 1945

Construction Engineer

32 mm x 49

it noted that there was a "foreign body in (his) left knee joint" on November 18

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive Jodl received a Knight’s Cross(Verwundetenabzeichen). Constructed of brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 40 mm (w) x 42. 43 mm (h), weighing 7. 2 grams, the grade of the badge is