Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Friedrich Orth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac consisting of an eagle standing

consisting of an eagle standing upon a shield bearing stars and stripes

marked “20” (Fritz Zimmermann

BERLIN” and “EREL

allowing nothing to deter him from the important task of bombing the target

He signed his Attestation Paper on October 25th

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Friedrich Orth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac consisting of an eagle standing(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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oval baseplate, maker marked with LDO code L 14 for Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring