A Second War German Gold Grade Wound Badge By The Vienna Mint Auction Archive the 5th Mounted Rifle Battalion

the 5th Mounted Rifle Battalion served in France and Holland

maker marked "PAUL MANN & CRONE LUDENSCHEID" and marked "GES

wear in the fabric over the hinged area

Cross shows small chip on reverse - Family tradition says that this chip occurred when he served as the Police President from Dusseldorf during the 1920

A Second War German Gold Grade Wound Badge By The Vienna Mint Auction Archive the 5th Mounted Rifle BattalionA second war German Verwundetenabzeichen; oval shaped gilded feinzink; the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm featuring a large mobile swastika on its side superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel wreaths with a tied bow at the bottom; the reverse plain with a vertical needle style pin, an integrated hinge, and an integrated catch; maker marked 30 for Hauptmnzamt Wien on the reverse directly above the catch; measuring 43. 80 mm x 36. 20