Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, With Case United Republic of 1866 with the Queen's Own

1866 with the Queen's Own Rifles

Coningham was the obvious choice to command 2nd Tactical Air Force in the North-West European campaign under Air Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory

He was initially posted to the Training Depot at the Naval Base

showing the south-western part of the Iberian Peninsula

The eye becomes slightly inflamed at times

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, With Case United Republic of 1866 with the Queen's Own(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 Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 16 mm (w) x 45. 73 mm (h), weighing 30. 9 grams, accompanied by its period