Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade certificate_of_authenticity original pin)

original pin)

2) A Hindenburg Cross “Ehrenkreuz des Weltkriegs 1914/1918” without swords

1342 and awarded to soldiers and civilians who took part in the attack against the Ottoman Empire after landing in Libya

both unmarked and measuring 42 mm (w) x 111 mm (l)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade certificate_of_authenticity original pin)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 98 mm (w) x 44. 22 mm (h), weighing 10. 6 grams, some loss of black finish evident,