Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Badges for Combat Service Auction measuring 66 mm (w) x

measuring 66 mm (w) x 87 mm (h)

bearing typewritten and handwritten inscriptions

A period order

very desirable and very rare

with gold plated chrysanthemum in the centre of obverse and inscribed “banzai” (meaning 10

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Badges for Combat Service Auction measuring 66 mm (w) x(Wehrmacht Abzeichen). A pair of badges, including: 1. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback, maker marked with LDO code L22 for Rudolf Souval, Vienna, measuring 36. 46 mm (w) x 43.