Germany, Imperial. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, Private Purchase Example, c. 1940 Buy Now Vienna (with details matching the

Vienna (with details matching the attributes of crosses believed to be authenticate as per “The War Merit Cross 1

By coincidence

In the summer of 1814

on a 58 mm-long needle pin

measuring 54 mm x 44 mm

Germany, Imperial. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, Private Purchase Example, c. 1940 Buy Now Vienna (with details matching the(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