Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Issue Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Auction While with the 44th Infantry

While with the 44th Infantry Battalion in France

maker marked with the N

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

two with as screwback

The interior of the cap is lined with a dark khaki-coloured herringbone cotton twill that is stamped “56” for sizing

Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Issue Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Auction While with the 44th Infantry(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