Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive near mint and very rare

near mint and very rare

surrounded by a blue enamelled ring with the inscription AMOR E FIDELIDADE (Love and Fidelity)

bronze gilt on zinc

with minor fatigue evident to the case

Public access to the balcony around the torch has been barred for safety since 1916

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive near mint and very rare(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded 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, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein & Quenezer, Idar Oberstein, measuring 36. 78 mm (w) x