Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Auction Staples 2nd Bn

Staples 2nd Bn

screen printed in black ink "PATENT / UNIFORMMEND / HEMD 37 NORM" (Patent / Uniformmend / Shirt 37 Normal)

Constructed of silvered tombak

the obverse bearing a double-stamped inscription of “HUV OST” (Heeres-Unterkunft-Verwaltung Ost)

both over a multi-rayed ten-pointed sharp gilt plaque

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Auction Staples 2nd Bn(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around 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. 34 mm (w) x 43. 79 mm (h),