Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Archive Two piece construction

Two piece construction

retains nearly

Hammelburg

bronze insignia bearing a left-facing woman in the foreground

but also as part of the stamp

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Archive Two piece construction(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, 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 vertical pinback meeting an integrated round catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 36. 56 mm (w) x 43. 90 mm (h),