Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Hermann Wernstein Auction Archive Instituted 1926 by General Primo

Instituted 1926 by General Primo de Rivera

The Order was established to honour foreign and domestic civilian and military officials & individuals for service to the country

he had received the Iron Cross 2nd Class and just previous to that

1942 and signed in blue ink by General Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel (1882–1946)

with blue wool backing on reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Hermann Wernstein Auction Archive Instituted 1926 by General Primo(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 42 mm (w) x 44. 04 mm (h), weighing 23. 0 grams, accompanied by its period