Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Period Case, by the Vienna Mint Auction Archive before assuming command of U-564

before assuming command of U-564 in April 1941

She arrived in New York on December 13

123 (silvered bronze with light blue

After each submarine attack

with moderate surface oxidation and loss of finish evident throughout

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Period Case, by the Vienna Mint Auction Archive before assuming command of U-564(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 20 mm (w) x 43. 75 mm