Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge certificate_of_authenticity with majority of silver wash

with majority of silver wash having worn off due to age or wear

and forty-five photographs

Silver Grade for Officers and Generals

before being tasked with leading the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division “Prinz Eugen” in early 1944 in the fight against Bosnian partisans

returning home to become Officer Commanding of the 65th Battery

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge certificate_of_authenticity with majority of silver wash(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse depicts a Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) bearing a mobile swastika on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field with laurel branch wreath, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 65 mm (w) x 44. 33 mm (h), weighing 21. 8 grams, in better than very fine condition.