Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Hermann Wernstein consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac missing one stone in the

missing one stone in the the rose cluster)

a Austrian Wound Medal ribbon

635 Mariner's Medals were awarded for service during the war

on January 25

recessed and slotted on a velvet bed

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Hermann Wernstein consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac missing one stone in the(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 49 mm (w) x 44. 02 mm (h), weighing 24. 1 grams, accompanied by its period