Germany. A Pair Of Wound Badges, Black Grade, Imperial And Third Reich Versions Newly Listed Gold-plated bronze

Gold-plated bronze

blue enamel surround ΟΘΩΝ

The screw-bottom case-back is crafted out of steel and is marked as such (“Stahlboden” - steel bottom)

marked with the maker’s mark of Assmann

Germany. A Pair Of Wound Badges, Black Grade, Imperial And Third Reich Versions Newly Listed Gold-plated bronze(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). A pair of Wound Badges, Black Grade, including an Imperial version, constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm 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. 32 mm (w) x 43. 33 mm (h),