Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Auction with embossed Bronze Star Medal

with embossed Bronze Star Medal insignia and War Office Seal

the reverse with a central light blue enameled medallion with a silver gilt Hessian lion

in a service shirt with the Knight’s Cross clearly visible

inside a red enamelled ring

32 mm x 870 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Auction with embossed Bronze Star Medal(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 40 mm (w) x 43. 80 mm (h), weighing 22. 3 grams, accompanied by its period