Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade Auction to pay the troops and

to pay the troops and maintain important records

interior lid also exhibits outline of DKH

circumscribed “Ehrengabe der Stadt Oppeln” (German - Honourary Award of the City of Oppeln)

each constructed of golden-yellow wool with buckram cores and pinned with silvered zink insignia

An excellent ad rare grouping to a SchnellbootCommander

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade Auction to pay the troops and(Verwundetenabzeichen). An ovular badge constructed of silvered tombac, the obverse bearing a central Stahlhelm overlaid with a mobile swastika, superimposed over two upwards facing crossed swords on a pebbled background, encompassed by a laurel leaf wreath tied with a ribbon in a bow at the bottom, the reverse is plain, bearing a vertical pinback with a flat wire catch, measuring 36. 42 mm (w) x 44. 16 mm (h), weighing 33. 1 grams, very fine.