Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac trimmed with a black border

trimmed with a black border and bearing a central yellow lion rampant

he was transferred to the Duke of Edinburgh's R

horizontal pinback attached to the top of the badge

“1914/15” on the 6 o’clock arm and “Gott mit Uns” (God with Us) inscribed in the middle

Suspended from its medal bar via their period original ribbons

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac trimmed with a black border(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded tombak, 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 wide flattened pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 26 mm (w) x 43. 82