Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Auction Preu earned the Knight’s Cross

Preu earned the Knight’s Cross commanding Grenadier Regiment 21 in the 17th Infantry Division on January 9

were also killed

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry was in South Africa

signed by the Commander of the Seventh Air Force

Numbered #605

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Auction Preu earned the Knight’s Cross(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). 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 the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 29 mm (w) x 43. 78