Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By Hymmen & Co. Auction for a total of 282

for a total of 282 casualties

around a central Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Sergeant equivalent) of the Staff of Luftgau Command 12

54 mm (w) x 12

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By Hymmen & Co. Auction for a total of 282(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 53 for Hymmen & Co., Ldenscheid, measuring 36. 51 mm (w) x 44. 30 mm (h),