Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Issue Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Auction issued as a catch-up document

issued as a catch-up document for a belated wartime decoration or as a rare example of an Iron Cross distributed for Freikorps service

his medical records stating his condition as "N

the left pocket with a label inscribed "Saks - Fifth Avenue / Lot BJ48 Size 36" sewn inside the edge of the pocket

measuring 136 mm (w) x 87 mm (h)

Contained in its original blue case of issue

Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Issue Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Auction issued as a catch-up document(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