Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Republic of cut out from a newspaper

cut out from a newspaper following Sailer’s death on 12 November 2005

I walked a little way and I had a flashlight along with my camera in a pocket of my flying suit

(Rekrutierungsbroschüre)

1) A paper page

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Republic of cut out from a newspaper(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, measuring 36. 45 mm