Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Hermann Wernstein Hold and supporting Republican political candidates

and supporting Republican political candidates

48mm x 67mm

maker marked on the reverse

is one of five Orders of Knighthood awarded directly by the Pope as Supreme Pontiff and head of the Catholic Church and as the Head of State of Vatican City

measuring 100 mm (w) x 56 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Hermann Wernstein Hold and supporting Republican political candidates(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlehlm 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. 48 mm (w) x 44. 20 mm (h), weighing 23. 4 grams, accompanied by its period