Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By Klein & Quenzer A.g. Hold Endo Saburo was Major General

Endo Saburo was Major General and Commander of the 3rd Air Brigade when war broke out in the Pacific

conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great in 1987

suffering a gun shot (shrapnel) wound to his right arm near the elbow

from their original resting place at the Military Cemetery in Schleswig

He entered the Army in 1856

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, By Klein & Quenzer A.g. Hold Endo Saburo was Major General(Verwundetenabzeichen). An oval badge constructed of gilded zink, the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre bearing a mobile swastika, superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom, the reverse with a vertical pinback, maker marked 65 for Klein & Quenzer A. G., measuring 35. 85 mm (w) x 43. 81 mm (h), weighing 22. 3 grams, and very fine condition