Japanese WWII Wound Badge, Original Box, Ko' Sho'

Original era manufacture. One of the three types of Imperial Japanese wound badges of the WWII era. This example would have been presented to a soldier injured in public service, most often contracting a severe illness such as Malaria.e. Silver with a gold wash and an enameled obverse. Small amount of typically found age cracking in the enamel. With its original balsa wood box with a makers name inside the lid.