Germany, Imperial. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, Private Purchase Example, c. 1940 Republic of Third Republic: Order of the

Third Republic: Order of the Academic Palms

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measuring 134 mm (w) x 214 mm (l)

Germany, Imperial. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, Private Purchase Example, c. 1940 Republic of Third Republic: Order of the(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaying crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a wide crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oval plate, unmarked, measuring 38. 40 mm (w) x 43. 50 mm (h), weighing 12. 3 grams, an unusual and privately