Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic prisoners were treated terribly

prisoners were treated terribly

fine chipping evident in the red enamels on the left arm

received a gunshot wound to his forehead from a machine gun

with iron core framed in toned silver

including a Braunschweig War Merit Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic prisoners were treated terribly(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, accompanied by a