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

English-made in the 1940s

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

Sorgenfreg (Baltic Expedition)

Miniature (silver with white and black enamels

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.