Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Period Case, by the Vienna Mint Auction Medal for Voluntary Military Service

Medal for Voluntary Military Service

216 mm x 279 mm

1948-1978 (bronze

of which Cole became part of the Chatham Battalion

at the age of 74 and is buried in El Camino Memorial Park in San Diego

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Period Case, by the Vienna Mint Auction Medal for Voluntary Military Service(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 20 mm (w) x 43. 75 mm