Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction marked 935 PR

marked 935 PR

There is some age-appropriate material fatigue evident to both the wool and leather features

Instituted 1459 by Pope Pius II

It is sometimes anachronistically referred to by its former name of Zaire

the reverse with an inscription of “ERZGEBIRGISCHE AUSSTELLUNG FREIBERG 1912” (“ORE MOUNTAINS EXHIBITION

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction marked 935 PR(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the obverse with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pin meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 64 mm (w) x 43. 43 mm (h), weighing 12. 5 grams, some loss of finish evident,