Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Hold WWII Wehrmacht War Memories Photo

WWII Wehrmacht War Memories Photo Album - Illustrating various scenes and topics involving Army personnel photographed throughout the European theatre

Between the First and Second Battles of El Alamein

central vertical crease and cracking in the corners)

with the former pointing toward her son

Dietl led the 20th Mountain Army on the northern Eastern Front during the ultimately disappointing German Arctic campaign

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Hold WWII Wehrmacht War Memories Photo(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 79 mm (w) x 43. 86 mm