Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case and Stick Pin Miniature, by the Vienna Mint certificate_of_authenticity (Fischmesser)

(Fischmesser)

Pendlebury

within a ribbed ring bearing a raised inscription of “GOTT MIT UNS” (“GOD IS WITH US”) with oak leaves

otherwise in very fine condtion

he was drafted to the 1

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case and Stick Pin Miniature, by the Vienna Mint certificate_of_authenticity (Fischmesser)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui und Anstecknadel). Constructed of gilded tombak, 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by the Vienna Mint,