obverse presents as a swastika with white enameled arms
with one end completing in a magnetic metal integral clip
that there was still shrapnel in his back in the FB region of the spine
with an additional stamping below but having faded with time
Iron Cross 1st Class 1939 by Stainhauer & Luck - Magnetic
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Hermann Wernstein certificate_of_authenticity obverse presents as a swastika(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, 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, unmarked, measuring 36. 40 mm (w) x 44. 02 mm (h), weighing 23. 0 grams, accompanied by its period