Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern certificate_of_authenticity Spain received 41 such medals

Spain received 41 such medals

the ring bearing a “56” zolotnik mark (indicating 14K Gold construction)

Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray 1833-1923 became a national hero in his native Peru leading the resistance to Chilean occupation during the War of the Pacific

maker marked “S & M” and bearing an inscription of “LISTOPAD 1944 CHRUDIMSKO”

Footnote: Adam Edward Erwin was born on April 27

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern certificate_of_authenticity Spain received 41 such medals(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 39. 10 mm (w) x 44. 45 mm (h), weighing 13. 7 grams,