Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint certificate_of_authenticity Union Defence Force land forces

Union Defence Force land forces served in East Africa in 1940 and 1941

flanked on each side by Heer-stye German national eagles clutching mobile swastikas and arabesques

with the company's balance of scales logo

pinned with a silvered bronze badge consisting of an airship bearing a raised inscription of “D LZ-130” for the Graf Zeppelin II aircraft in service from 1938 until 1940

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint certificate_of_authenticity Union Defence Force land forces(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). 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 flattened catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 57 mm (w) x