Germany. A Black Grade Wound Badge certificate_of_authenticity A Croatian Ladies Order of

A Croatian Ladies Order of Merit

while the crown above has a Second Reich cockade with a painted black base incorporating a raised silvered ring and a red felt centre

All screws are original and intact

A self-portrait from 1940

Germany. A Black Grade Wound Badge certificate_of_authenticity A Croatian Ladies Order ofAn example of a well preserved third reich period Black Grade Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz); constructed of oval shaped blackened bronze; the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre featuring a large mobile swastika on its side superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom; the reverse plain with a vertical needle style pin, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; measuring 36. 90