superbly made Badge (43x43mm) whereby (silver) center of the badge being "sandwiched" between engraved solid Gold plaques
crisp and quality striking
maker marked "M/5/71" and marked with the "OLC" (Overhoff & Cie
overlaid by a red enameled Ruppert Cross
The year 1919 did not start off well for Calnek
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint Auction Archive superbly made Badge (43x43mm) whereby(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, 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 a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 64 mm (w) x 44. 18 mm (h), weighing