Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern certificate_of_authenticity at the age of 52

at the age of 52

Ferdinand “Bloody Ferdinand” Schörner

Commander's Neck Cross - in Gold and enamels (single small repair to enameling)

officers and noncommissioned officers) or bronze (troops and sailors)

with a wide royal blue field flanked by pinkish-red stripes on either side

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern certificate_of_authenticity at the age of 52(Verwundetenabzeichen). Constructed of brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, 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 a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 40 mm (w) x 42. 43 mm (h), weighing 7. 2 grams, the grade of the badge is