Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint certificate_of_authenticity 18mm x 31mm

18mm x 31mm

the paper angled

after returning from the war

war versus peace

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint certificate_of_authenticity 18mm x 31mm(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, 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 a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 64 mm (w) x 44. 18 mm (h), weighing