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 awarded for WWII period Bravery

awarded for WWII period Bravery acts in face of the enemy

George on horseback spearing a dragon

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

hangs in theQueen’s Own Rifles Officers’ Mess

The Reina Cristina and Castilla suffered 81 hits between them

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 awarded for WWII period Bravery(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,