Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden A mint “Ehrenkreuz des Weltkriegs

A mint “Ehrenkreuz des Weltkriegs 1914/18”

gilded and patinated

due to rough seas

Constructed of multi-coloured machine embroidery on a white rayon backer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden A mint “Ehrenkreuz des Weltkriegs(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, 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 a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer & Lck,