Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac surrounded by a white ring

surrounded by a white ring of enamels inscribed “Virtuti et Merito” (Virtue and Merit) in capitalized Latin

WIRTSCHAFTSABTEILUNG

more than one hundred V-1s a day were fired at south-east England

rather they acted as a form of mobile artillery

it was noted that the "Aircraft did not return from a night cross country

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac surrounded by a white ring(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 20 mm (w) x 43. 76 mm (h),