Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern
(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37.57 mm (w) x 42.85 mm (h), weighing 12.2 grams, in a rare first pattern badge in near extremely fine condition.

