Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now A very fine War Merit

A very fine War Merit Cross First Class with Swords

9 cm (w) x 28

all on the exterior of the album

on a fixed loop and swivel ring for suspension from its period original ribbon from the medal bar

(worn on a side of the cap as an unit badge)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now A very fine War Merit(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer &