the exterior lid marked ORDEN FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA with the coat of arms above
The unusual construction of this example possibly reflects Finnish or other Axis manufacture
only small cracks in the dial near the 5 o’clock edge
trying to retrieve money and personal belongings of her late husband and herself held by the German government
The tunic is unmarked with the exception of a size stamp of “46”
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction the exterior lid marked ORDEN(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber 1. Modell). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm 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 flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 52 mm (w) x 44. 40 mm(h), weighing 8. 5 grams, a