Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern certificate_of_authenticity South Africa 1902

South Africa 1902

the reverse with a crimped binge and banjo-style pinback meeting a round wire catch

Among his children were Major General Alfred Karl Bruno von François (1849-1911)

eighteen with dual push pins

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern certificate_of_authenticity South Africa 1902(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz 1. Modell). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 75 mm (w) x 44. 04 mm (h), weighing 12. 9 grams,