Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Auction Archive This work was funded by

This work was funded by Canadian Life Insurance companies and Federal Public Health Research Grants

the reverse inscribed in Malay written in Arabic characters (without the unwritten small vowels) ‘Dmhkootakn / Dbali Lbsr / Krajan’

with an independent optical eye guard

circumscribed “The Leader Ante Pavelić”

fine quality example in BeVo style embroidery in grey treadinging of the word “Wiking” on a black embroidered background

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Auction Archive This work was funded by(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 a clip hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 32 mm (w) x 43. 84 mm