Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Badges and Insignia
(Abzeichen und Insignien). A mixed lot of three badges and insignia, including a War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centre, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central threaded lug retaining a period original backplate, the latter maker marked with LDO code “L58” for Rudolf Souval, Vienna, measuring 47.77 mm (w) x 47.77 mm (h), weighing 21.2 grams (inclusive of backplate), with oxidation and loss of finish evident throughout, in fair condition; a Black Grade Wound Badge, constructed of blackened bronze, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36.86 mm (w) x 44.22 mm (h), weighing 12.9 grams, with loss of finish evident to high-contact points, in very fine condition, and; a Heer Gebirgsjäger EM/NCO’s sleeve insignia, constructed of field-grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered multi-coloured edelweiss, within a knotted border topped by a piton, unmarked, measuring 56 mm (w) x 67 mm (h), with minor material fatigue evident to the right border, in overall extremely fine condition.

