Germany, Imperial. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, Private Purchase Example, c. 1940 Republic of from July 5

from July 5

which are lined with black and blue striped cotton fabric

framed by fasces on either side

composed of arrows points with green stylized floral

Third Republic: Order of the Academic Palms

Germany, Imperial. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, Private Purchase Example, c. 1940 Republic of from July 5(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