Original Item. Only One Available. This is a nicely preserved late-war German WWII Gold Wound Badge, or Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold, with the reverse maker marked 107, identifying manufacture by Carl Wild of Hamburg. Known 107-marked Wound Badges by this manufacturer are encountered in zinc construction, making the considerable surviving gold-toned finish on this example especially attractive.

The obverse displays the classic 1939 pattern: a German steel helmet bearing a swas. over crossed swords, surrounded by an oval wreath with a finely stippled background. The design remains quite well defined throughout, with particularly good detail visible in the leaves, berries, sword grips, helmet profile, and pebbled field.

This appears to be the typical late-war zinc construction, with portions of the gold-toned finish having naturally worn and faded with age. A respectable amount remains visible across the obverse, particularly within protected recesses and portions of the stippled field, while the more exposed surfaces have toned to darker gray and brown shades. The reverse is largely plain and displays the underlying gray zinc surface with age-related mottling and finish loss. At the center is the impressed Präsidialkanzlei des Führers Lieferant (Presidential Chancellery Supplier) number: 107

The 1939 Wound Badge was formally instituted on September 1, 1939, and was produced in three grades. Black was normally awarded for one or two qualifying wounds, Silver for three or four, and Gold for more than four wounds. The regulations also permitted the award of a higher grade without the normally required number of wounds in cases of particularly severe and permanent injury. The Gold grade therefore represented the highest level of the standard German WWII Wound Badge.