Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased Gold Grade Wound Badge by the Vienna Mint visually-hidden a Gau Bayerische Ostmark labour

a Gau Bayerische Ostmark labour badge

In pebbled silvered nickel

3 mm (w) x 48 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath suspension

1910 - September 15

with spots of white paint evident on the underside of the brim and in the dome

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased Gold Grade Wound Badge by the Vienna Mint visually-hidden a Gau Bayerische Ostmark labour(Verwundetenabzeichen im Etui in Gold). Instituted on March 3rd, 1918. An oval badge of solid construction made out of gilded tombac, 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 flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but displaying the