Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By B.h. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity Long Island Sound 1872

Long Island Sound 1872

"The Vultures" Patch (five-color embroidery on blue cloth

They look like photos of drawings from books

a selective few from various regiments were picked to form the original units

the reverse with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code “M1/63” for maker Steinhauer & Lück

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By B.h. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity Long Island Sound 1872(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm bearing a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened integral catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 36. 65 mm (w) x