Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Friedrich Orth Auction the lid is impressed with

the lid is impressed with the crowned cypher D

early manufacture “Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes” by a desired maker

which overlooks the Douai Plains

manufactured without swords

and an intact hinge cover

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Friedrich Orth Auction the lid is impressed with(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded 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 a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L14 for Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 36. 17 mm (w) x 43. 91 mm (h), weighing