indicating flying personnel (Fliegertruppe)
Generalmajor Theodor Scherer (1889–1951)
The Order of Military Honour was instituted on 4 July 1953 and awarded for bravery and leadership on the battlefield
on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with bronze backplate and horizontal pinback
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic indicating flying personnel (Fliegertruppe)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded tombak, 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. 30 mm (w) x 43. 78 mm (h),