Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Issue Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Auction She was born in September

She was born in September of 1892 in Prussia and would go on to hold the titles Princess of Prussia

and heavy ache up and down the arm follows

issued as a catch-up document for a belated wartime decoration or as a rare example of an Iron Cross distributed for Freikorps service

Contained in its original blue case of issue

engraver marked "THRONDSEN SC

Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Issue Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Auction She was born in September(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 raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a clip hinge and round vertical pinback meeting an integrated pinback, unmarked but displaying the typical manufacturing characteristics of the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 6 mm