Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Moritz Hausch Hold Karl Vesper”

Karl Vesper”

Vancouver Island

marked with crossed swords

Footnote: Chillingham is a Village in Northumberland

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Moritz Hausch Hold Karl Vesper”(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 127 for Moritz Hausch, Pforzheim, measuring 36. 50 mm (w) x