Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint Hold steel with gilt and brown

steel with gilt and brown enamels

He was a strong opponent of Olympic President Avery Brundage's amateur rules

two bronze stars on original ribbon

with the motto "Pretium Laborum Non Vile" ("No Mean Reward for Labours") engraved on the front of the central link

” (BCM1124)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint Hold steel with gilt and brown(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 2 mm (w) x 43. 7 mm (h), worn example, in very fine condition.