Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, With Case And Stick Pin Miniature, By Wächtler & Lange Auction dated 17 November 1956

dated 17 November 1956

Capitular knights were generally high-ranking government officials or military officers

Plate is made of die stamped brass

the obverse bears the inscription “Friedrich August Medaille” with arabesque detailing at the top and bottom

He was now a recipient of the Military Cross and a Temporary Lieutenant with the Royal Fusiliers

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, With Case And Stick Pin Miniature, By Wächtler & Lange Auction dated 17 November 1956(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Etui und Anstecknadel). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular baseplate, the latter maker marked with