Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Republic of its talons gripping a fasces

its talons gripping a fasces within a spoked wheel

With only 315 crosses issued

Type 180 D

constructed of cupal

16 mm (w) x 41

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Republic of its talons gripping a fasces(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber 1. Form). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, with a central raised Stahlhelm 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, unmarked, measuring 37. 51 mm (w) x 42. 82 mm (h), weighing 12. 3 grams, demonstrating minor loss of finish, a high