Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Newly Listed A Second War German Bronze

A Second War German Bronze Grade Infantry Assault Badge

(Sport-Wettkämpfe Abzeichen)

reverse engraved "MADE IN ENGLAND"

surrounded by the Latin inscription "PIVS IX PONTIFEX MAXIMVS"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern Newly Listed A Second War German Bronze(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, 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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 57 mm (w) x 42. 85 mm (h), weighing 12. 2 grams, in a rare first pattern badge