Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint GTRexclude Civil Merit

Civil Merit

national defense

with both lugs intact on each)

VOGEL” and “W

inscribed "JOURNEE CATALANE" above and "12 NOVEMBRE 1916" below

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint GTRexclude Civil Merit(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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 66 mm (w) x 44.