Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Republic of A copy of “DER FLIEGER”

A copy of “DER FLIEGER” (“THE AVIATOR”)

its talons gripping a fasces within a spoked wheel

16 mm (w) x 41

the Army still admitted him and accepted responsibility for him

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Republic of A copy of “DER FLIEGER”(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber 1. Form). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, 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 meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 51 mm (w) x 42. 82 mm (h), weighing 12. 3 grams, demonstrating minor loss of finish, a high