Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive wrapped in red cotton

wrapped in red cotton

the obverse centerpiece topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade

Footnote: The National Recreational Club (Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro = OND) was the Italian Fascist leisure and recreational organization

he reverted to the rank of Private at his own request on October 17

with Apparatus

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive wrapped in red cotton(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm bearing 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, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein & Quenzer, Idar Oberstein, measuring 36. 90 mm (w) x 44. 24