Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint Hold English-made in the 1940s

English-made in the 1940s

Miniature (silver with white and black enamels

measuring 41mm (x59mm including wreath suspension)

He later went on to fight in the First Battle of the Marne

Sorgenfreg (Baltic Expedition)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint Hold English-made in the 1940s(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 Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 19 mm (w) x 43. 74 mm (h), weighing 24.