Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, by the Vienna Mint

(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 36.28 mm (w) x 43.78 mm (h), weighing 34.2 grams, in near extremely fine condition.