Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Hold bound as one

bound as one

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Hold bound as one(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 raised Stahhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer &