Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By The Vienna Mint Auction Torpedo School) and Biter (tender

Torpedo School) and Biter (tender to H

It measures 209 mm x 296 mm

spending two and a half weeks there (October 10 to 27

and the gunboat Lince came out to join her in the fray

and worn on berets by the tank crews during early stages of the WW2

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By The Vienna Mint Auction Torpedo School) and Biter (tender(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a central Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) bearing a mobile swastika on a pebbled field, on top of crossed swords, within an oval laurel wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 20 mm (w) x 43. 75 (h), weighing 23. 8 grams, in near extremely fine condition.