Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade Archive Breech-Loading Types - 1876 Period

Breech-Loading Types - 1876 Period

Die-stamped insignia on the front panel of the magnetic silvered metal base

He was the son of Johann Garzewski and his wife Charlotte

measures 206 mm (w) x 301 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade Archive Breech-Loading Types - 1876 Period(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded feinzink, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 58 mm (w) x 44. 25 mm (h), weighing 24. 8 grams with loss of finish evident