Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint visually-hidden crisp ball finial

crisp ball finial

becoming a Captain in August 1914

Pair of Boots: in dark brown leather

which was the opening phase of the Allied offensive later known as the Hundred Days Offensive that ultimately led to the end of the First World War

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint visually-hidden crisp ball finial(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). 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 a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 46 mm