Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Hohl Verbödet Version Auction Archive gilt wear on the reverse)

gilt wear on the reverse)

with collage photograph wrapping around from the front to the back cover

Hindon Wiltshire

60th Regiment

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Hohl Verbödet Version Auction Archive gilt wear on the reverse)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, 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 a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 48 mm (w) x 43. 70 mm (h), weighing 25. 2