Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade certificate_of_authenticity marked with logo of maker

marked with logo of maker Rudolf Karneth & Söhne

suspending by elaborated silver bar suspension of stalks of sorghum also in black patina

of Saint John

Des Moines

finished in bronze

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade certificate_of_authenticity marked with logo of maker(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded feinzink, 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 an integral barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 58 mm (w) x 44. 25 mm (h), weighing 24. 8 grams with loss of finish evident