Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Gold Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Auction Archive in uniform and with a

in uniform and with a number of awards

With two picture postcards

None got away and only thirty were taken prisoners

The right side panel has a chinstrap with a blackened magnetic metal buckle meeting two holes stamped into its left counterpart

Military Service Act (numbered 42057AB)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Gold Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Auction Archive in uniform and with a(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, 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 a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 33 mm (w) x 43. 80 mm (h), an