Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Period Case, by the Vienna Mint visually-hidden "Littorio Divisione d'Assalto"

"Littorio Divisione d'Assalto"

followed by service in the 55th Irish Canadian Rangers

circumscribed by name and an inscription of “PALÄSTINA-REISE-GEDENKTHALER” (“PALESTINE JOURNEY COMMEMORATION”)

and later as a Lufthansa airline pilot

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Period Case, by the Vienna Mint visually-hidden "Littorio Divisione d'Assalto"(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