Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now age oxidation and contact marks

age oxidation and contact marks on medal

A very fine War Merit Cross First Class with Swords

it was amalgamated with Les Voltigeurs de Québec

on a fixed loop and swivel ring for suspension from its period original ribbon from the medal bar

measuring 137x81mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now age oxidation and contact marks(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer &