Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Friedrich Orth certificate_of_authenticity As Colonel he later led

As Colonel he later led the Infantry regiment 409 during the eastern campaign in Northern Russia

bearing a national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika

he faced confiscation of the property and also he lost the citizenship

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Friedrich Orth certificate_of_authenticity As Colonel he later led(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). 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 a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L14 for Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 36. 17 mm (w) x 43. 91 mm (h), weighing