Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By B.h. Mayer Archive bronze gilt with blue and

bronze gilt with blue and red enamels

4) An Eagle Order Merit Medal

the crossguard with quillon

Five days after Lancken received his award

early 20th Century

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By B.h. Mayer Archive bronze gilt with blue and(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 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 26 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 36. 62 mm (w) x 43. 90 mm