Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, With Case United Republic of Footnote: This badge was awarded

Footnote: This badge was awarded to Croatian officers and men who served on the Russian Front

measuring 27 mm (w) x 31 mm (h)

age-appropriate wear is evident

The Russo-Turkish War had begun in 1768

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, With Case United Republic of Footnote: This badge was awarded(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, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 16 mm (w) x 45. 73 mm (h), weighing 30. 9 grams, accompanied by its period