Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Auction gray cotton backer

gray cotton backer

This is a very well-preserved case of issue for an Order of the Phoenix

engraved with the Cross of Lorraine on the front panel

King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Auction gray cotton backer(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). 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, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 30 mm (w) x 43. 78 mm (h),