Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Auction published in 1938

published in 1938

sailors of the Navy

in a service shirt with the Knight’s Cross clearly visible

original packet of issue with “Eisernes Kreuz

with embossed Bronze Star Medal insignia and War Office Seal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Auction published in 1938(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 40 mm (w) x 43. 80 mm (h), weighing 22. 3 grams, accompanied by its period