Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Auction for his Second World War

for his Second World War service

inside a red enamelled ring

with embossed Bronze Star Medal insignia and War Office Seal

Cased (two-piece construction

in a service shirt with the Knight’s Cross clearly visible

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Auction for his Second World War(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 40 mm (w) x 43. 80 mm (h), weighing 22. 3 grams, accompanied by its period