Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Wächtler & Lange Hold each with four holes each

each with four holes each for length adjustment

the most ever awarded during the war to that arm of the service on a single day

Picture 7: “Heavy Infantry weapons in the fight for a Soviet town”

(Kreuz für true Dienste

with approximately 95% of the original silvering intact

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Wächtler & Lange Hold each with four holes each(Verwundetenabzeichen). An oval badge constructed of silvered zink, the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre bearing a mobile swastika, superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom, the reverse with a vertical pinback, maker marked L 55 for Rudolf Wchtler & Lange, Mittweida, measuring 36. 17 mm (w) x 43. 69 mm (h), weighing 20. 5 grams, and in near very fine condition