Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Grossmann & Co. United Republic of officially numbered "164" on reverse

officially numbered "164" on reverse

an interesting late-war example in extremely fine condition

exquisite manufacturing quality with very fine details

the top of the lid with a plain oval area bearing a 43 mm (w) x 55 mm (h) China-Burma-India Theater shield in silvered metal and copper embedded in the center

Second Class - In silver gilt and enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Grossmann & Co. United Republic of officially numbered "164" on reverse(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 code L 11 for Grossmann & Co., Vienna (known to occasionally have been