Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint And Unissued Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint United Republic of (Wehrmacht Schützenschnur)

(Wehrmacht Schützenschnur)

the obverse features a bust of a leftward-facing Wehrmacht soldier above a small mobile swastika and engraver mark of “RK”

a Gold cross pattée with white-enamelled arms

Royal Armoured Corps was awarded the Military Cross as an immediate Award of Bravery for armoured combat against Japanese Forces in Burma

and two weeks later was redeployed to the Technical Replacement and Training Battalion No

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint And Unissued Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint United Republic of (Wehrmacht Schützenschnur)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 65 mm (w) x 44. 15 mm (h), weighing 7. 0