Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed Just four days after sinking

Just four days after sinking Star of Oregon

220 pages plus hardcover

gold and red enamelled centrepiece

all with original ribbons

the reverse inscribed “VERDIENST IM KRIEGE” (German - Merit in War)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed Just four days after sinking(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 Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 35. 95 mm (w) x 43. 64 mm (h), weighing 23. 6 grams, with some loss of finish evident, a late