Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed they were a little different

they were a little different from their First World War predecessors

Footnote: The Order of Military Merit was instituted in Spain by Queen Isabella II on August 3

One week after arriving "in country"

The collar measures approximately 470 mm at the shoulders

enamel chipping on the centrepiece

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed they were a little different(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). An ovular badge constructed of silvered tombac, the obverse bears a helmet with a swastika superimposed over two upwards facing crossed swords on a pebbled background, encompassed by a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom, the reverse bears a vertical pinback with squared flat catch, marked 30, measuring 36. 46 mm (w) x 43. 90 (h), weighing 25. 4, very fine.