Germany, Empire. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Archive John’s Anglican Church

John’s Anglican Church

3) The Iron Cross 1939 Second Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2

with an additional arched panel on the front

a silver-coloured roundel

de Villiers

Germany, Empire. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Archive John’s Anglican Church(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of oval shaped blackened tombac; the obverse with a Stahlhelm in the center, superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom; the reverse with a ball hinge, a flat wire catch, and a flat vertical pinback; measuring 36. 76 mm (w) x 41. 04 mm (h); weighing 7. 1 grams; the black finish mostly worn, thus revealing the bare tombac underneath remnants of the black