Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Province of China Award document Social Welfare Decoration

Award document Social Welfare Decoration

The gas got into his throat and lungs making him gasp and cough but he went on with his work

he was discharged to duty on the 20th

surrounded by the inscription "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz" in black embroidered Gothic script

(Zivilarbeiter Insignien)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Province of China Award document Social Welfare Decoration(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a 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. 30 mm (w) x 44. 00