Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Hold he began receiving a Staff

he began receiving a Staff Officer’s salary

the exterior featuring a rectangular oak leaf wreath

in the extreme southwest of Tarawa Atoll

the obverse bearing a raised and leftward-facing profile of the Führer

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Hold he began receiving a Staff(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer &