Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Issue Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Hold marked Walter Schot Fec

marked Walter Schot Fec

demonstrating minor loss of gilt finish to high-contact points

two-piece insignia loose versus the base)

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Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Issue Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Hold marked Walter Schot Fec(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, 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 round vertical pinback meeting an integrated pinback, unmarked but displaying the typical manufacturing characteristics of the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 6 mm