Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive WWI 60th Overseas Field Battery

WWI 60th Overseas Field Battery  Sweetheart Pin - Two-piece construction

posters urged people to donate rather to give directly to beggars

maker marked "KOVNICA SORLINI VARAZDIN" on the inside lid

exhibiting soiling throughout from active use

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive WWI 60th Overseas Field Battery(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 62 mm (w) x 44. 28 mm (h), weighing 27. 3 grams, some loss of silver finish