Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Badges Auction 1919 aboard HMT Adriatic

1919 aboard HMT Adriatic

affixed to a bronze backplate with a horizontal pinback and period original length of ribbon

along with light discolouration on the white felt raised platform

and with a single silvered bronze pip in the center

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Badges Auction 1919 aboard HMT Adriatic(Abzeichen). A pair of badges, including: 1. A Black Grade Wound Badge, first pattern, constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, with 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. 16 mm (w) x 43. 74 mm (h), weighing 12. 7