German WWII Silver Wound Badge

German WWII Silver Wound Badge-This is a solid strike example, that has lost all of its original silver finish. This is a bit salty, but does retain some good details. This is marked on the pin, but it is difficult to make out. The pin works as intended.  An honest wartime example.  History: The wound badge was originally established on March 3rd, 1918 by King Wilhelm II to recognize the sacrifice of those wounded during WWI. The badge was instituted in three classes of black, silver and gold with the class bestowed reflecting the number or severity of the wounds received. On May 22nd, 1939 Adolf Hitler re-instituted a slightly modified version of the wound badge with the addition of a swastika to the WWI pattern badge for award to German volunteers who had been wounded supporting the Spanish Nationalist Falangist Generalissimo Francisco Franco against the communist allied Republican Loyalist party in the Spanish Civil War. (July 1936-March 1939). With the outbreak of WWII, on Septembe