Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac hangs in theQueen’s Own Rifles

hangs in theQueen’s Own Rifles Officers’ Mess

measuring 62 mm (w) x 70 mm (l)

specifically Austrian

awarded for WWII period Bravery acts in face of the enemy

herself born in the same year as the Captain (1841)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac hangs in theQueen’s Own Rifles(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the obverse with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the revere with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein & Quenzer, Idar Oberstein,