Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac two Commemorative Medals 1898 "Signvm

two Commemorative Medals 1898 "Signvm Memoriae" (in bronze gilt

with a replaced Luftwaffe cap eagle (slightly off centre to the right)

Crowder of Tyldesley

It wasn't until November 1944

Gold Grade (die-stamped bronze gilt with black enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac two Commemorative Medals 1898 "Signvm(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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 a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 79 mm (w) x 43. 86 mm