Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Wound Badges, Cut-Out Versions Archive A fine quality manufacture Gau

A fine quality manufacture Gau IX Westfalen Turnerbund badge

Footnote: The Hanover Chamber of Agriculture (Landwirtschaftskammer Hannover) was founded in 1899 and was the self-governing organization of agriculture in parts of the present-day state of Lower Saxony

Four weeks after the ceasing of hostilities

aluminum screwbacks at either end

Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Wound Badges, Cut-Out Versions Archive A fine quality manufacture Gau(Verwundetenabzeichen, durchbrochen). A pair of Wound Badges, including: 1. A Black Grade award, constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm on top of crossed swords over a hollow void, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 39. 79 mm (w) x 44. 95 mm (h), weighing 8. 4 grams,