Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, Early-War Issue, by the Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Constructed of a lightweight red

Constructed of a lightweight red cotton base

in RAVIOLO & GARDINO ROMA case of issue

often of silver

WIEDERKEHR SEINES TODESTAGES 3

measuring 95 mm x 40 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, Early-War Issue, by the Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Constructed of a lightweight red(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 raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 32 mm (w) x 43. 80 mm (h), weighing