then promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant on March 30th and accepted in the appointment as Quartermaster Clerk on April 1st
Four-Ribbon Ribbon Bar (Army & Navy Union Medal
with all awards and documents in very fine or better condition
It is still unclear what Schmidt did for the first half of 1943
Raban was then wounded in action on November 24
Germany, Wehrmacht. A First Pattern Wound Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive then promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber. A first pattern Holhverbdet Wound Badge, Silver Grade, constructed of silvered tombak, 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 a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened integrated catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 55 mm (w) x 43.