Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Gold Grade Wound Badge, With Case, By The Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 51 mm (w) x 44

51 mm (w) x 44

declaring him fit for general service and ordering him to return to his depot at the Ministry of Munitions and await further instructions

and continued to serve in that role until July 1919

maker marked “RZM M1/102” (Frank & Reif

which presents a brown velvet base (faded from green)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Gold Grade Wound Badge, With Case, By The Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 51 mm (w) x 44(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, 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 32 mm (w) x 43.