Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, Late-War Example with Case, by Carl Wild United Republic of Second Mate David Evans

Second Mate David Evans

Inside the left breast is embroidered Japanese writing

43 mm x 97 mm

with a slotted velvet medal bed

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, Late-War Example with Case, by Carl Wild United Republic of Second Mate David Evans(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 107 for Carl Wild, Hamburg, measuring 36. 93 mm (w) x 44. 45