Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Glaser & Söhne United Republic of Mounted as worn German style

Mounted as worn German style

With its original paper packet of issue

1st Class with matching ribbon bar

Later he commanded the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

Eleanor and Maureen

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Glaser & Söhne United Republic of Mounted as worn German style(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered 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 a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L22 for Glaser & Shne, Dresden, measuring 36. 34 mm (w) x 43. 82 mm (h), weighing 21. 0