Germany, Wehrmacht. A First Pattern Wound Badge, Gold Grade, Prinzen Size Auction Mother's Cross - Gold Grade

Mother's Cross - Gold Grade & Cased -  Bronze gilt and enamels

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87 mm (w) x 30

Germany, Wehrmacht. A First Pattern Wound Badge, Gold Grade, Prinzen Size Auction Mother's Cross - Gold Grade(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold, Prinzengre). Constructed of hollow gilded brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlehlm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 27. 51 mm (w) x 30. 16 mm (h), weighing 2. 9 grams, with some loss of finish evident, in overall