Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Hermann Wernstein Auction 45 mm (w) x 72

45 mm (w) x 72

Fullsize (frosted silver with a fire gilded laurel wreath and black enamelled swastika

It was established in three classes: Gold (1st Class)

with blue rayon waffenfarbe piping (representing Medical units)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Hermann Wernstein Auction 45 mm (w) x 72(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around 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. 49 mm (w) x 44. 02 mm (h), weighing 24. 1 grams, accompanied by its period