Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by Josef Rückert & Sohn GTRexclude approximately 17x13cm (7"x5")

approximately 17x13cm (7"x5")

on an incorrect ribbon (the correct ribbon is black with four vertical gold central stripes in two pairs)

the obverse with a pillbox topped by a crossed sword and shovel and a NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Footnote: Private James McKay was with the Seaforth Highlanders (1540) during the Great War

three piece construction

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by Josef Rückert & Sohn GTRexclude approximately 17x13cm (7"x5")(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silvered 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 92 for Josef Rckert & Sohn, Gablonz, measuring 36. 44 mm (w)