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1939 Silver Wound Badge. Oval shaped silver plated alloy. Obverse: A German steel helmet, with a swastika on the left side, over crossed swords within a laurel wreath tied at the base with a bow. Reverse: Plain with a single vertical brooch pin.
Instituted on 1 September 1939 and awarded to military personel wounded three or four times in action or for only one wound if it involved brain damage, facial disfigurement or the loss of a hand, a foot, an eye or hearing. This badge is part of a collection of Second World War German orders, decorations, badges and insignia acquired by Flight Lieutenant K G Hesketh, RAAF Historical Records Section, who was based in London, but who made a number of visits to Germany immediately after the Second World War.
1939 Black Wound Badge. Oval shaped pressed blackened steel. Obverse: A German steel helmet with a swastika on the left side, over crossed swords within a laurel wreath tied at the base with a bow. Re
Dr Fritz Todt Prize Badge, Second Class, in silver. Obverse: A large German eagle standing on a banner inscribed 'DR FRITZ TODT' over a cog wheel with a swastika in the centre. Reverse: Plain with a l
Dr Fritz Todt Prize Badge, Third Class, in 'iron' (zinc alloy). Obverse: A large German eagle standing on a banner inscribed 'DR FRITZ TODT' over a cog wheel with a swastika in the centre. Reverse: Pl
German Navy U-Boat War Badge. Obverse: A horizontally aligned oval wreath of gilded laurel leaves encompassing a voided submarine with a Nazi eagle and swastika at the top. Reverse: Plain with a sing
Nazi German Women Worker membership badge in the shape of an inverted triangle. Obverse: A pitchfork surmounted by a rounded swastika on a black field with the words 'deutsches frouenwerk' (German wom
Order of the German Eagle, Fourth Class breast badge with swords. Obverse: A 50 mm white enamel Maltese cross with gilded German eagles with folded wings between the arms, carrying the Swastika in the