Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge With Case, Obtained During The Liberation Of Rome, By The Vienna Mint Auction (Ostmark-Medaille)

(Ostmark-Medaille)

Royal Naval Air Service Officer's Commission Document (inscribed "By the Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

while aboard the Liberty Class cargo ship SS Kyle V

69 mm (w) x 42

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge With Case, Obtained During The Liberation Of Rome, By The Vienna Mint Auction (Ostmark-Medaille)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse bearing a hand etched inscription of ROM 8. 4. 44. indicating that the recipient suffered