Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, Early-War Issue, by the Vienna Mint Buy Now possibly during the battles at

possibly during the battles at the Volkhov river

one lug pinched but intact

and published by Rudolph Ackermann

the jacket measures approximately 44 cm across the shoulders

a month shy of his seventieth birthday

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, Early-War Issue, by the Vienna Mint Buy Now possibly during the battles at(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, 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 clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 32 mm (w) x 43. 80 mm (h), weighing