Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive reverse with a horizontal principal

reverse with a horizontal principal pinback

the obverse bearing a raised Government-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Impressed: 01932604 S

Socialist Federal Republic awards: Medal of National Merit (in bronze gilt

1915 at the age of 91

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive reverse with a horizontal principal(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm bearing a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 16 mm (w) x 42. 86 mm (h), weighing 11. 7 grams, a