Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed Type II (1863-1924 and 1935-1984)

Type II (1863-1924 and 1935-1984) (four-piece construction

A Military Merit Cross with Crown and Swords

gold and red enamelled centrepiece

Just four days after sinking Star of Oregon

220 pages plus hardcover

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed Type II (1863-1924 and 1935-1984)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 35. 95 mm (w) x 43. 64 mm (h), weighing 23. 6 grams, with some loss of finish evident, a late