Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint visually-hidden lightly soiled original military personnel

lightly soiled original military personnel triangular ribbon)

A photo of Kapitän zur See Klaus Scholtz (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross

instituted on April 8

on April 17

Footnote: Grenadier Regiment 749 was established in October of 1942 and reclassified to Jäger Regiment 749 in April of 1943 in Croatia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint visually-hidden lightly soiled original military personnel(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silvered 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 by the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 32