Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Hold George VI (X1295 W

George VI (X1295 W

to recognize services during the Patriotic War against the Italian occupation of 1935-1941

interior diameter measuring 21 mm

/Stuka-Geschw

with its talons wrapped around the Olympic rings and the inscription "FACKEL-STAFFEL-LAUF OLYMPIA-BERLIN 1936" (Torch Relay Race Olympia-Berlin 1936) below

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Hold George VI (X1295 W(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 40 mm (w) x 44. 96 mm (h), weighing 13. 4 grams, evidence of repainting, in overall very fine