Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Period Case, by Steinhauer & Lück Province of China A Portuguese Military Distinguished Service

A Portuguese Military Distinguished Service Medal Silver Grade

Buckle in silver nickel with gilt centre

After a brief hospitalization in France

lightweight construction designed to be worn on summer shirts (and much more scarce then thicker version worn on the coats/tunics

Kowang-San became so dangerous that American brass stopped visiting it

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Period Case, by Steinhauer & Lück Province of China A Portuguese Military Distinguished Service(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 38. 68