Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By Klein & Quenzer certificate_of_authenticity exhibiting soiling overall

exhibiting soiling overall

consisting of an exquisite ball-tipped Maltese Cross in silver

a chemical plant at Ludwigshafen

was a single man with his trade being that of Draftsman before he enlisted

Oberfeldwebel Ernst Kruse (black and white

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By Klein & Quenzer certificate_of_authenticity exhibiting soiling overall(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around 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, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein & Quenezer, Idar Oberstein, measuring 36. 78 mm (w) x