Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Hold (Artillerie-Ersatz-Abteilung) (core battery artillery reserve

(Artillerie-Ersatz-Abteilung) (core battery artillery reserve detachment) 40 in Bautzen (Saxony)

(Schiessschulenmedaille)

surrounded by a laurel and oak leaf wreath

A postcard depicting Reichsminister Joseph Goebbels

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Hold (Artillerie-Ersatz-Abteilung) (core battery artillery reserve(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central 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 a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 35. 95 mm (w) x 43. 64 mm (h), weighing 23. 6 grams, with some loss of finish evident, a late