Germany. A Pair Of Wound Badges, Black Grade, Imperial And Third Reich Versions Newly Listed marked with the maker’s mark

marked with the maker’s mark of Assmann

and the Eastern Front Medal on September 25

Several of his companions on this expedition had been extensively decorated for their Second World War service and proved to be life-long friends

Gold-plated bronze

#5: Förste with Grand Admiral Raeder and Admiral Karlgeorg Schuster (German Cross in Gold)

Germany. A Pair Of Wound Badges, Black Grade, Imperial And Third Reich Versions Newly Listed marked with the maker’s mark(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). A pair of Wound Badges, Black Grade, including an Imperial version, constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel 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 a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 32 mm (w) x 43. 33 mm (h),