Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge certificate_of_authenticity as the only direct route

as the only direct route into these villages was in enemy hands

measuring 17 mm (w) x 18 mm (h) to 21 mm (w) x 28 mm (h): in overall extremely fine condition

maker's marked on reverse

before being tasked with leading the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division “Prinz Eugen” in early 1944 in the fight against Bosnian partisans

and forty-five photographs

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge certificate_of_authenticity as the only direct route(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse depicts a Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) bearing a mobile swastika on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field with laurel branch wreath, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 65 mm (w) x 44. 33 mm (h), weighing 21. 8 grams, in better than very fine condition.