Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By Hymmen & Co. Auction and crimped hinge

and crimped hinge

with the latter resulting in some deterioration of the binding

over a forest-green wool base

(EDWIN JOHN PETERSON) Naming is privately engraved

wax seal intact

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By Hymmen & Co. Auction and crimped hinge(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),