Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive ONTARIO" along the bottom edge

ONTARIO" along the bottom edge

a 1936 Rhön badge

enamels intact without chipping with some gilt loss

04 mm (w) x 25

measuring 120 mm x 77 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive ONTARIO" along the bottom edge(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 02 mm (w) x 44. 42 mm (h), weighing 32. 0 grams, most of the silver finish has