Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint GTRexclude inscribed "CSR" above the Pilot's

inscribed "CSR" above the Pilot's Badge and backed by the tri-colours of Czechoslovakia

the interior content consisting of 24 black card stock pages separated by wax paper dividers to protect the images

obverse centre embellished with a finely set red glass stone denoting that this particular award is an early example likely manufactured locally by B

that he was an NCO (Sergeant with the 24th Regiment)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint GTRexclude inscribed "CSR" above the Pilot's(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 79 mm (w) x 43. 86 mm