Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, With Case Archive Bronze gilt and enamelled miniature

Bronze gilt and enamelled miniature insignia

wear and fabric loss evident on the the exterior

maker marked “3” (Wilhelm Deumer

the day that Jose Ruiz Lopez was wounded

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, With Case Archive Bronze gilt and enamelled miniature(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded tombak, 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 a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 49 mm (w) x 43. 96 mm (h), weighing 34. 1 grams, accompanied by a period