Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Hohl Verbödet Version Auction constructed of red-wine colored wool

constructed of red-wine colored wool

2 mm inclusive of its bar suspension

with near flawless enamels

The bottom of the reverse has a vertical slit flanked by stylized

Hans Joachim Wolff (9)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Hohl Verbödet Version Auction constructed of red-wine colored wool(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 48 mm (w) x 43. 70 mm (h), weighing 25. 2