Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Crowder of Tyldesley

Crowder of Tyldesley

with a replaced Luftwaffe cap eagle (slightly off centre to the right)

along with seven other Spanish merchant vessels

long service medal (17mm)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Crowder of Tyldesley(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 79 mm (w) x 43. 86 mm