Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Period Case, by the Vienna Mint Auction Archive intelligence and manual dexterity fit

intelligence and manual dexterity fit (this) man for trades training in (the) Automotive field

After each submarine attack

3 mm (h) inclusive of its crossed swords suspension

before assuming command of U-564 in April 1941

123 (silvered bronze with light blue

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Period Case, by the Vienna Mint Auction Archive intelligence and manual dexterity fit(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 20 mm (w) x 43. 75 mm