Description
a Gau Bayerische Ostmark labour badge
in silver gilt and enamels (Fourth Class)
In pebbled silvered nickel
1910 - September 15
inscribed "E" and "R" on either side of the tree
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