Germany, Imperial. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, Cut Out Version Newly Listed edge nicks and gouges

edge nicks and gouges

gilded and silvered (mostly worn off)

Edwards Leckie

covered in glass

Footnote: An example finished in gold brennlack as seen on page 119 of “The German Close Combat Clasp of World War II”

Germany, Imperial. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, Cut Out Version Newly Listed edge nicks and gouges(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm on top of crossed swords, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with an illegible handwritten inscription, measuring 39. 76 mm (w) x 44. 35 mm (h), weighing 7. 0 grams, in extremely fine condition.