Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity marked on pin 900 (not

marked on pin 900 (not maker marked

it would come to symbolize the triumph of good over evil (with the snake sometimes representative of the serpent in the Garden of Eden)

scattered oxidation and gilt wear evident

the slotted inserts designed to incorporate a chinstrap

Footnote: Harry Edwin Winter was born on December 12

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity marked on pin 900 (not(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integrated catch, the pinbacker maker marked with LDO code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 36. 58 mm (w) x 44. 18