Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Auction Colonel General Alfred Keller (1882–1974)

Colonel General Alfred Keller (1882–1974)

In the course of the Second Battle of El Alamein

the front cover illustrating a three-dimensional image of a pagoda at the left and a leaping dragon at the right

Alresford (Minesweeper

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Auction Colonel General Alfred Keller (1882–1974)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, 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, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 74 mm (w) x 44. 02 mm (h),