Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive with a maximum width of

with a maximum width of 20 mm that gradually tapers toward the tip

above a gilt inscription of “DEUTSCHLAND ERWACHT” (“GERMAN AWAKES”) in Fraktur script

with “108 3/AR 252” stamped on both sides of the triple slotted disc

dated to the Hauptquartier des Generalstabes des Heeres (Headquarters of the General Staff of the Army) on April 20

three-coloured embroidery on green wool backer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive with a maximum width of(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, 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 vertical pinback meeting an integrated round catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 36. 47 mm (w) x 43. 50 mm (h),