Germany, Wehrmacht. An Early Silver Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed above a date of “1913”

above a date of “1913”

with a black-and-white-photograph stapled to the back page

It is completely handmade in the field

number 147605

he was assigned to Headquarters

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Early Silver Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed above a date of “1913”(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 Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 22 mm (w) x 45. 51 mm (h), weighing 9. 0 grams, with loss of finish and some