Germany, Imperial. A Gold Grade Wound Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: Count Maurice Joseph Dietrichstein

Footnote: Count Maurice Joseph Dietrichstein was born in Vienna

designed to accommodate the earphones used by the Luftwaffe

swastika removed

The dagger is in an overall near extremely fine condition

during 1939-1940 (1st Class)

Germany, Imperial. A Gold Grade Wound Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: Count Maurice Joseph Dietrichstein(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 01 mm (w) x 43. 19 mm (h), weighing 10. 1 grams, in extremely fine condition.