Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge With Case, Obtained During The Liberation Of Rome, By The Vienna Mint Archive 58 mm (h) and 70

58 mm (h) and 70

Mullis HMs 55th Regt) Naming is in official British Army impressed block lettering

He returned to active duty in March 1943

In a letter addressed to his mother Rose Penzner of Toronto

in the Military Collectors’ Club of Canada Journal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge With Case, Obtained During The Liberation Of Rome, By The Vienna Mint Archive 58 mm (h) and 70(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around 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, the reverse bearing a hand etched inscription of ROM 8. 4. 44. indicating that the recipient suffered