Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Friedrich Orth Newly Listed impressed ARGENT on the rim

impressed ARGENT on the rim

reverse illustrating the crowned Norwegian coat-of-arms in the centre

his comrades tenaciously held their positions

2mm(w) x 50

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Friedrich Orth Newly Listed impressed ARGENT on the rim(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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oval baseplate, maker marked with LDO code L 14 for Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring