Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of Footnote: The Order of Devotion

Footnote: The Order of Devotion was instituted on July 4

with dual loops bearing a blackened leather chinstrap

officer’s eagle

marked "V-21" (Vanguard Industries) on the reverse

Footnote: Records from May 1939 show that there were only 87 Wehrmacht Pharmacists in service

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of Footnote: The Order of Devotion(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