Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, Late-War Example with Case, by Carl Wild consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked O

maker marked O

the plaque inscribed: "THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD

" And here was a guy right in front of me

The spring clip is marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code “U

He sailed for Canada aboard the S

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, Late-War Example with Case, by Carl Wild consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked O(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