Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: Born 1919 in Ohio

Footnote: Born 1919 in Ohio

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the exterior lid with a gold embossed Republic-style Austrian national eagle clutching a sickle and hammer

the dagger hangers measuring 23 mm x 230 mm

with a crude unrolled/crimped rim along the entire helmet

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: Born 1919 in Ohio(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around 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. 34 mm (w) x 43. 79 mm (h),