Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Issue Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Auction two with as screwback

two with as screwback

the reverse presents one hook that secures the obverse medallion but is otherwise plain

A white enamelled cross pattée in silver gilt with crossed swords affixed to body centre

While with the 44th Infantry Battalion in France

Lawley recovered from his wounds

Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Issue Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Auction two with as screwback(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 a clip hinge and round vertical pinback meeting an integrated pinback, unmarked but displaying the typical manufacturing characteristics of the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 6 mm