Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Archive Screen-printed in red and black

Screen-printed in red and black inks

by an unknwon maker

Bronze Grade -  Bronze

in silvered zink with the majority of the silvering still intact

(Militär-Brieftaubenwesen Medaille in Silber mit Etui)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Archive Screen-printed in red and black(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, 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 vertical pinback meeting an integrated round catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 36. 56 mm (w) x 43. 90 mm (h),