Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, With Case, By The Vienna Mint Auction Archive surrounded by the words VERDIENST

surrounded by the words VERDIENST UM DIE EXPEDITION (MERIT FOR THE EXPEDITION)

maker marked with the stylized logo of “Friedrich Linden

He saved many ill soldiers by taking their beatings

1954-present Issue

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, With Case, By The Vienna Mint Auction Archive surrounded by the words VERDIENST(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, 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, measuring 36. 44 mm (w) x 43. 90 mm (h), weighing 34. 2 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case, constructed of heavy card stock with a faux