Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Hohl Verbödet Version certificate_of_authenticity The two-piece leather chin strap

The two-piece leather chin strap has a magnetic metal buckle for length adjustment and rests upon the protruding visor

the former maker marked “ALOIS RETTENMAIER

Constructed of silver (marked “800”) on the reverse

maker marked "MARMOLE JO" and marked "925" (silver) on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Hohl Verbödet Version certificate_of_authenticity The two-piece leather chin strap(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 48 mm (w) x 43. 70 mm (h), weighing 25. 2