Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint visually-hidden Pair of Boots: in dark

Pair of Boots: in dark brown leather

bearing initials “AV” for Amerikadeutscher Volksbund from which rays emanate and culminate in a mobile swastika

becoming a Captain in August 1914

At this stage of the incident

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint visually-hidden Pair of Boots: in dark(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded tombak, 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, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 46 mm