Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Auction 32 mm x 870 mm

32 mm x 870 mm

with embossed Bronze Star Medal insignia and War Office Seal

the reverse with a central light blue enameled medallion with a silver gilt Hessian lion

A 1939-1945 Austrian Veteran's Cross - Bronze

inside a red enamelled ring

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Auction 32 mm x 870 mm(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 40 mm (w) x 43. 80 mm (h), weighing 22. 3 grams, accompanied by its period