Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Issue Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Newly Listed "FRANKLIN" at the right and

"FRANKLIN" at the right and engraver marked "CAQUE F

with a thin row of red embroidery in the centre flanked by thicker rows of black embroidery on either side on the upper

Phillips - (3748 E

(SS Schreibmaschine mit Etui)

He took the idea to the Air Ministry

Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Issue Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Newly Listed "FRANKLIN" at the right and(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). 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 a clip hinge and round vertical pinback meeting an integrated pinback, unmarked but displaying the typical manufacturing characteristics of the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 6 mm