Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Auction Archive and Croatia Army Uniform Button

and Croatia Army Uniform Button (bronze gilt with a magnetic metal core

John's cross in silver on the lid

The interior of the lid features a plaque that is inscribed “Meinem treuen Kampfgefährten und Mitstreiter Josef Bauer zu seinem 60

topped with a cherry blossom insignia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Auction Archive and Croatia Army Uniform Button(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). 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 clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 45 mm