Description
Accompanied by Medal Rolls (for the Queen's South Africa Medal with three clasps and the King's South Africa Medal with two clasps)
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1943 16-28143-4" at the lower right
8 Recce Beret (with a finely textured black wool exterior
measuring 59mm in navy blue wool base with a machine embroidered pip in silvery/grey threads
Brass hilt fittings show minor surface wear to the floral embellished
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade United Republic of Accompanied by Medal Rolls (for(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). An oval badge constructed of zink, the obverse depicts a Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) bearing a mobile swastika on top of crossed swords over a pebbled field with a laurel branch wreath, reverse plain with a vertical needle style pin, a sheet metal hinge and a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 27 mm (w) x 43. 76 mm (h), weighing 24. 1 grams, all gilt worn off, and in good condition.