Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Friedrich Orth visually-hidden Ferdinand I and Carol II)

Ferdinand I and Carol II)

Master Enlisted Aircrew Badge

measuring 10 cm (w) x 34 cm (l) in its unstitched condition

Inspirational quote handwritten on paper: “More important than the efficiency of the gun is the Philosophy of the gunner or of the Bomb the Bomber

Victoria when he enlisted with the Australian Army (VX26364) on June 13

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Friedrich Orth visually-hidden Ferdinand I and Carol II)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, 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 emanating from an oval baseplate, maker marked with LDO code L 14 for Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring