A fine quality early war manufacture second war German silver grade “Verwundetenabzeichen”
and “62” for size)
measuring 35 mm (w) x 39 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension
As stated on the dust jacket: "This book comprises a factual history of the famous Lee-Enfield rifle and its forebears
the creamy colored celluloid-over-wood grip exhibits minor surface wear with no visible cracks or chips
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By B.h. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A fine quality early war(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, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 36. 57 mm (w) x 43. 96