Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, With Case Auction constructed of light brown cotton

constructed of light brown cotton twill and trimmed with golden-yellow piping the reverse with an integrated strap

Zimmermann Pforzheim stamped on interior lid

then assigned to the German embassy in Vienna

bronze "V" Device on its original ribbon with brooch pinback

and pinned with three gilded bronze rank pips with oak leaf wreaths

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, With Case Auction constructed of light brown cotton(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 16 mm (w) x 45. 73 mm (h), weighing 30. 9 grams, accompanied by its period