Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Auction sailors of the Navy

sailors of the Navy

published in 1938

32 mm x 870 mm

for his Second World War service

Cased (two-piece construction

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Auction sailors of the Navy(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