Germany, Wehrmacht. A First Pattern Wound Badge, Gold Grade, Prinzen Size Auction England on December 3rd

England on December 3rd

he spent thirty-one years in uniform

6 September 1842 - Duisburg (attacked by fighters

the buckle stitched in place

Germany, Wehrmacht. A First Pattern Wound Badge, Gold Grade, Prinzen Size Auction England on December 3rd(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold, Prinzengre). Constructed of hollow gilded brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlehlm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 27. 51 mm (w) x 30. 16 mm (h), weighing 2. 9 grams, with some loss of finish evident, in overall