Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Gold Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Auction Archive Military Service Act (numbered 42057AB)

Military Service Act (numbered 42057AB)

in uniform and with a number of awards

measuring 94 mm (w) x 130 mm (h)

1953 in Toronto

printed in four color inks on a thick off-white paper stock

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Gold Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Auction Archive Military Service Act (numbered 42057AB)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around 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 round wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 33 mm (w) x 43. 80 mm (h), an