Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Hold planning to return to civilian

planning to return to civilian life

These excavations continued during the Second World War and the need for this work prompted the British government to request Canada’s assistance

(SS Fotoalbum)

The root of the blade forms the inner structure of the handle

complemented by 16 pages of black and white photographs (pages 129-144)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Hold planning to return to civilian(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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 23 mm (w) x 43. 77 mm (h),