Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Buy Now (Anstecknadel)

(Anstecknadel)

Footnote: The Madagascar Expedition Commemorative Medal was issued to the participants of the First Madagascar Expedition of 1883-1886

in its hardshell case of issue

1971 in Grimsby

Volume I 1534-1919

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Buy Now (Anstecknadel)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, bearing a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 68 mm (w) x 44. 21 mm (h), weighing 34. 7 grams, with small spots of finish loss