Germany, Wehrmacht. A First Pattern Wound Badge, Gold Grade, Prinzen Size Newly Listed with hand embroidered “Jagdgeschwader Schlageter”

with hand embroidered “Jagdgeschwader Schlageter”

April 1915 to November 1916

the bands exhibiting the traditional oak leaves design

73 mm (w) x 70

Germany, Wehrmacht. A First Pattern Wound Badge, Gold Grade, Prinzen Size Newly Listed with hand embroidered “Jagdgeschwader Schlageter”(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold, Prinzengre). Constructed of hollow gilded brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlehlm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 27. 51 mm (w) x 30. 16 mm (h), weighing 2. 9 grams, with some loss of finish evident, in overall