Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Friedrich Orth Auction early manufacture “Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes”

early manufacture “Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes” by a desired maker

obverse centrepiece with the hand painted portrait of Chula Chom Klao

with an "RFC" insignia sewn in place

the lid is impressed with the crowned cypher D

inclusive of sword and laurel suspension 56

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Friedrich Orth Auction early manufacture “Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes”(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L14 for Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 36. 17 mm (w) x 43. 91 mm (h), weighing