Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Gold Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint GTRexclude (Kärten Volksbund Mitgliedsabzeichen)

(Kärten Volksbund Mitgliedsabzeichen)

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Instituted on 25 December 1833

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Gold Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint GTRexclude (Kärten Volksbund Mitgliedsabzeichen)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around 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 round wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 33 mm (w) x 43. 80 mm (h), an