Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint United Republic of indicating postwar usage by Czechoslovakian

indicating postwar usage by Czechoslovakian police and fire services

She was replaced on station by HMCS Nootka

circumscribed by a machine-embroidered silver-grey inscription of “NSKOV - GAU MÜNCHEN-OBERBAYERN” (“NSKOV - GAU MUNICH-UPPER BAVARIA”)

the reverse officially dated

pains in legs

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint United Republic of indicating postwar usage by Czechoslovakian(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 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, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 67 mm