Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic France and Russia (1914-1917)

France and Russia (1914-1917)

Illingworth

40 mm (w) x 91

(The Savior of Ceylon)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic France and Russia (1914-1917)(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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 29 mm (w) x 43. 78