Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Issue Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Auction reverse engraved Scharf (name scratched

reverse engraved Scharf (name scratched away) Gruppensieger in the 12km Mannschafts-Lauf

The interior of the cap is lined with a dark khaki-coloured herringbone cotton twill that is stamped “56” for sizing

While with the 44th Infantry Battalion in France

Lawley recovered from his wounds

two with as screwback

Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Issue Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Auction reverse engraved Scharf (name scratched(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