Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Hohl Verbödet Version certificate_of_authenticity The two-piece leather chin strap

The two-piece leather chin strap has a magnetic metal buckle for length adjustment and rests upon the protruding visor

the obverse with an eagle breaking a set of chains around its legs

Constructed of silver (marked “800”) on the reverse

the former maker marked “ALOIS RETTENMAIER

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Hohl Verbödet Version certificate_of_authenticity The two-piece leather chin strap(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, 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 raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 48 mm (w) x 43. 70 mm (h), weighing 25. 2