Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed obverse is lacquered

obverse is lacquered

QEII (un-named)

Order of the Oak Crown was instituted on December 29

See Robert Kurtz

Very attractive

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed obverse is lacquered(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, bearing a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 68 mm (w) x 44. 21 mm (h), weighing 34. 7 grams, with small spots of finish loss