Germany, Imperial. A Gold Grade Wound Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac designed to accommodate the earphones

designed to accommodate the earphones used by the Luftwaffe

the obverse is marked “ANDRIEU F

at the age of 19 (although the official government site states that he was 17) and is remembered with honour on the Vimy Memorial

The dagger is in an overall near extremely fine condition

during 1939-1940 (1st Class)

Germany, Imperial. A Gold Grade Wound Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac designed to accommodate the earphones(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 01 mm (w) x 43. 19 mm (h), weighing 10. 1 grams, in extremely fine condition.