Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Archive surrounded by a blue-enamelled ring

surrounded by a blue-enamelled ring

with a white enamelled Maltese Cross in saltire (i

The spike base has five circular ventilation holes to the "neck" portion

Wilberfeld”

in Bomber Squadrons 28 and 100

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Archive surrounded by a blue-enamelled ring(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silver). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak 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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 65 mm (w) x 43. 70 mm (h), weighing 9. 3 grams, with some loss of finish evident, a