Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, With Case United Republic of from June 1940 to spring

from June 1940 to spring of 1941

Accounts differ as to whether the attacking aircraft escaped or was shot down

Gunner Baker was discharged from service twelve years and three days later

constructed of white and brown BeVo style machine embroidery on a brown rayon backer

the head in multiple rows of tisted wires

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, With Case United Republic of from June 1940 to spring(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of silvered bronze, vertical pinback, obverse depicts a Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) bearing a mobile swastika on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field with laurel branch wreath, unmarked, measuring 36. 28 mm (w) x 43. 77 mm (h), weighing 33. 9 grams, accompanied by its period original case, constructed of heavy cardstock with a faux black leather exterior, white satin type lid liner, intact hinge cover,