Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint Auction Archive in its balsa wood box

in its balsa wood box of issue

crazing evident in the red enamels on the reverse

Upper composed of a navy blue dyed cotton

His citation reads as follows: "This officer has led a number of bombing attacks and has destroyed at least two enemy aircraft

with four battle clasps (BELGIEN

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint Auction Archive in its balsa wood box(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.