Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Issue Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Hold measuring 33 mm x 46

measuring 33 mm x 46 mm

(Kraft durch Freude Armband)

Iron Cross First Class 1939 - Named - Magnetic/iron core

two-piece insignia loose versus the base)

On 31 January 1968

Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Issue Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Hold measuring 33 mm x 46(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 raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a clip hinge and round vertical pinback meeting an integrated pinback, unmarked but displaying the typical manufacturing characteristics of the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 6 mm