Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, by Carl Wild, c. 1943

(Verwundetenabzeichen, in Silber). Re-Instituted on 1.9.1939 by A.H. (Issued 1939-1945). Constructed of oval shaped silvered zink, the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre featuring a large mobile swastika on its side superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom, the reverse plain, with a needle style pin, a countersunk sheet metal hingehinge, and a countersunk round wire catch, maker marked “107” for “Carl Wild, Hamburg” on the reverse, measuring 36.74 mm (w) x 44.25 mm (h), weighing 26.4 grams, in good condition.