with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top of the badge
vertical slender banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch
maker marked “Erbe” on reverse
lightly armored commerce raider also hastened her obsolescence
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, With Case, By B.h. Mayer GTRexclude with a national eagle clutching(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, vertical pinback, obverse depicts a Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) bearing a mobile swastika on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field with laurel branch wreath, unmarked, measuring 36. 66 mm (w) x 43. 94 mm (h), weighing 23. 0 grams, accompanied by its period original case, constructed of heavy cardstock with a faux black leather exterior, white satin type lid liner, intact hinge cover,