Germany, Imperial. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade Hold about the DFS 230 gliding

about the DFS 230 gliding plane in the mountain emergency service in 1944

An Austrian Merit Cross with Crown

In an interview conducted with Franklin in later life

original ribbon and spotting on the VM

sewn onto a field gray wool backer

Germany, Imperial. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade Hold about the DFS 230 gliding(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm on top of crossed swords on a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped and raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 54 mm (w) x 43. 63 mm (h), weighing 8. 0 grams, in near extremely fine condition.