Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Auction Archive circumscribed “The Leader Ante Pavelić”

circumscribed “The Leader Ante Pavelić”

A second pattern insignia

with an independent optical eye guard

This work was funded by Canadian Life Insurance companies and Federal Public Health Research Grants

instituted a “Strjdersteken der WA” literally “Fighters Badge”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Auction Archive circumscribed “The Leader Ante Pavelić”(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). 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 flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 32 mm (w) x 43. 84 mm