Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (The Savior of Ceylon)

(The Savior of Ceylon)

plus an embroidered tag sewn below on the tunic's lining inscribed "M

France and Russia (1914-1917)

40 mm (w) x 91

Illingworth

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (The Savior of Ceylon)(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