Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Period Case, by Steinhauer & Lück Republic of smooth finished cream-coloured underside

smooth finished cream-coloured underside

missing bow

with addition to top being in flat silvery wire

06 mm (w) x 77

for a period of six weeks

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Period Case, by Steinhauer & Lück Republic of smooth finished cream-coloured underside(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, 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 a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 38. 68