Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint United Republic of the right side with an

the right side with an American Legion 21st National Convention at Chicago 1939 Medal pinned in place (the medal with a two-piece construction

The neck chain houses twenty-four badges

the Olympus struck an enemy mine while leaving Malta with a total 0f 98 officers and men aboard

six rivets

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint United Republic of the right side with an(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, 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, marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 26 mm (w) x 43. 77 mm (h), weighing 34. 2 grams, in extremely fine condition.