Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Badges Archive a 1939 War Merit Cross

a 1939 War Merit Cross

dark patina on the George VI version

Originally there were four squadrons of "colonials" living in the United Kingdom - British Asian

within a ring of wheat stalks

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Badges Archive a 1939 War Merit Cross(Abzeichen). A mixed lot of 12 badges, including a Black Grade Wound Badge, constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 50 mm (w) x 43. 85 mm