Germany, Wehrmacht. A First Pattern Wound Badge, Gold Grade certificate_of_authenticity twenty-three with a multi-piece construction

twenty-three with a multi-piece construction

small chip evident in the navy blue enamels

marked on reverse with letter D

featuring a flat backside

the modern records acknowledging his death date as June 2nd

Germany, Wehrmacht. A First Pattern Wound Badge, Gold Grade certificate_of_authenticity twenty-three with a multi-piece construction(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). A first pattern Holhverbdet Wound Badge, Gold Grade, constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened integrated catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 06 mm (w) x 42. 90