Germany, Imperial. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade certificate_of_authenticity 5 mm x 31 mm

5 mm x 31 mm

(Water Protection Police) Officer’s dagger

Footnote: Albert Leo Schlageter (August 12

and not on the destructive aspects of the war

Germany, Imperial. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade certificate_of_authenticity 5 mm x 31 mm(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with an crimped and elongated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 39. 18 mm (w) x 42. 34 mm (h), weighing 9. 2 grams, with moderate oxidation evident, in overall very fine