Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Period Case, by the Vienna Mint visually-hidden circumscribed by name and an

circumscribed by name and an inscription of “PALÄSTINA-REISE-GEDENKTHALER” (“PALESTINE JOURNEY COMMEMORATION”)

and Canadian Memorial Cross (C

minor discolouration evident on the bullion wire

and later as a Lufthansa airline pilot

receiving the Wound Badge in Gold

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Period Case, by the Vienna Mint visually-hidden circumscribed by name and an(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 20 mm (w) x 43. 75 mm