Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unissued Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Newly Listed opening with reinforced horizontal flaps

opening with reinforced horizontal flaps and closed by an arrangement of three brown magnetic metal snap buttons

in fire gilded aluminum

Oberstein” and dated “1936”

one is maker marked "BIRKS 1915"

the front with a shield trimmed in gold-coloured ink and bearing the Royal Flying Corps insignia with the inscription "PER ARDUA AD ASTRA" (Through Adversity to the Stars) below in gold-coloured ink

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unissued Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Newly Listed opening with reinforced horizontal flaps(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, 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. 64 mm (w) x 44. 02 mm (h),