Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: Pith helmets are lightweight

Footnote: Pith helmets are lightweight cloth-covered (1st pattern) or felt-covered (2nd pattern) helmets used by the German Afrika Korps (Deutsches Afrikakorps)

play and rest

obverse centre in white enamel exhibiting figure of Juan Pablo Duarte

to those involved in Operation Market Garden from September 15 to 25

each measuring 36 mm (w) x 110 mm in length

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: Pith helmets are lightweight(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 34 mm (w) x 44. 00 mm (h), some denting and finish repair evident, in near very fine condition.