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 set within a circular laurel

set within a circular laurel leaf wreath wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a date of “1941”

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

machine woven in silvery threads “Einsatzbereitschaft" (Action Ready)

hangs in theQueen’s Own Rifles Officers’ Mess

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

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 set within a circular laurel(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,