Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint Newly Listed as well as HV cipher

as well as HV cipher and single rank pip

the obverse presents a red enamelled cross

Buckle exhibits light contact marks

Footnote: The Order of Military Merit is a Bulgarian order during the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the Republic of Bulgaria

1945 casualty figures to 807 killed and more than 487 wounded

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By The Vienna Mint Newly Listed as well as HV cipher(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 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, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 28 mm (w) x 43. 78 mm (h), weighing