Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint Hold Sorgenfreg (Baltic Expedition)

Sorgenfreg (Baltic Expedition)

hunting and skeet shooting

before being transferred to HMS Gleaner

Diana (1904

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint Hold Sorgenfreg (Baltic Expedition)(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 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. 19 mm (w) x 43. 74 mm (h), weighing 24.