Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Hold to “perpetuate the happy moment

to “perpetuate the happy moment when he and his people placed themselves under the protection of glorious France”

surrounded by a laurel and oak leaf wreath

with a reinstitution date of “1939” on the six o’clock arm

(Artillerie-Ersatz-Abteilung) (core battery artillery reserve detachment) 40 in Bautzen (Saxony)

During the night the 6th Somersets and one company of D

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Hold to “perpetuate the happy moment(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 35. 95 mm (w) x 43. 64 mm (h), weighing 23. 6 grams, with some loss of finish evident, a late