Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Badge in gilded tombac

Badge in gilded tombac

to honour and to endorse pilgrimage to the Holy Places of Christianity in Palestine

a recipient of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves and ultimately in the rank of Generalfeldmarschall

NSBO Enlisted Buckle - Early 1933 pattern

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Badge in gilded tombac(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around 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 round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 14 mm (w) x 43. 46 mm (w), weighing 12. 4 grams, a scarce