Original German WWII Gold 1st Class Solid Back Wound Badge - Verwundetenabzeichen U.S. Flags This stamped sheet steel construction

This stamped sheet steel construction helmet retains about 60% of the original Luftwaffe Blue-Gray paint

Serial number 152221 is found on the receiver below the maker mark

from where it was expedited on 21 June 1942 to Indiantown Gap Military Reservation for wartime overseas deployment final preparation

The original ramrod is still present

who was ally to the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815

Original German WWII Gold 1st Class Solid Back Wound Badge - Verwundetenabzeichen U.S. Flags This stamped sheet steel constructionOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent condition German WWII 1st class Gold wound badge, with "solid back" construction. The badge itself is constructed out of a die struck, alloy base that has been gold washed. The oval badge depicts an embossed profile of a mobile swas (hook cross), above an M35 pattern helmet, which is above two crossed broad swords. This then lies on a pebbled field and is surrounded by a laurel leaf and berry