Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hymmen & Co. Auction Archive Josip Broz Tito)

Josip Broz Tito)

a title transferable to male descendants

measuring 65 mm (w) x 80 mm (h - inclusive of its gilt and red enamelled crescent moon and star suspension)

Helmet measures 295 mm x 308 mm x 120 mm

bronze gilt with a large red enamelled "S"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hymmen & Co. Auction Archive Josip Broz Tito)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with code L 53 for maker Hymmen & Co., Ldenscheid, measuring 36. 58 mm (w) x 44. 07 mm (h), weighing 25. 7 grams, in better than very fine condition.