Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint Auction Archive padded liner in the dome

padded liner in the dome

The scabbard is fairly fragile yet intact

5 mm (h) inclusive if its eagle suspension

the ho (bamboo handle) is wrapped in original Same with large nodules

As matches were a rare

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint Auction Archive padded liner in the dome(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 2 mm (w) x 43. 7 mm (h), worn example, in very fine condition.