Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden with a two-pronged brass buckle

with a two-pronged brass buckle on the left side and three rows of two holes each on the receiving right side

a Luitpold Cross for 40 Years in State Service

each of the bands engraved with a wavy zig-zag design along the top edge and sides

and was originally conferred upon Catholics who exhibited zeal for the Catholic faith and loyalty to the Vatican

11 March 1942

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden with a two-pronged brass buckle(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer &