Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Newly Listed silver bronze cross with gilt

silver bronze cross with gilt insignias

An envelope sent by Feldpost (German military mail service)

After thirty-two months

one of which is marked on its reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Newly Listed silver bronze cross with gilt(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, 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 raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinack meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 64 mm (w) x 43. 77 mm (h), weighing 25. 2 grams,