First Class Badge with War Decoration (KD) and Swords
crease evident at the bottom right of the first postcard
pin maker marked KK (Karnet & Kysley
with thirty pages of black and white plates inserted at thirteen random intervals throughout
In Gold and silver with red and white enamels
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Gold Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint United Republic of First Class Badge with War(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). 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 round wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 33 mm (w) x 43. 80 mm (h), an