According to the section Aktiver Wehrdienst (Active Military Service)
that folds on the left side around the buckle and continues on to the mid-back
painted scabbard showing moderate wear
original ribbon fed through its ring suspension)
a red enamelled cross with ball finials
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac According to the section Aktiver(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, 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 flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 46 mm