Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by Friedrich Orth Auction Archive 1908-1950 Issue

1908-1950 Issue

pages printed in black ink

The boards are constructed of a buckram core

in turn situated above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of “1939”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by Friedrich Orth Auction Archive 1908-1950 Issue(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, 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 clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 14 for Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 36. 44 mm (w) x 44. 02 mm