AUCTION # 33 ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOR & DECORATIONS

AN ORIGINAL GERMAN WW1 WOUND BADGE

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Start price: $50

Estimated price: $100 - $150

Buyer's premium: 28%

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

An original German WW1 wound badge. Established on March 3rd, 1918 by Prussian King Wilhelm II to recognize the sacrifice of those wounded during the war. The badge is in the form of a vertical oval with an embossed, high relief, profile of an M16 pattern helmet superimposed over crossed swords on a pebbled base encompassed by an embossed oval laurel leaf wreath. With a pin locker on verso.

Dimensions: L: 1 3/4 in., (4.5 cm.)

Condition: VG.