Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity Sussex for an Officers Course

Sussex for an Officers Course on November 29

marked 71 on ring for Rudolf Leukert

Constructed of thick  dark blue wool

The design was inspired by the national flag of the Qing Empire which features a blue five-clawed dragon chasing a red sun on a yellow background

repair evident in the white enamels on most points of the star on both sides

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity Sussex for an Officers Course(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, 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 vertical pinback meeting an integrated round catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 36. 56 mm (w) x 43. 90 mm (h),