Germany, Wehrmaht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, First Pattern Hold awarded to heads of state

awarded to heads of state on the occasion of official visits to the Holy See

eighteen months and twenty-nine days in 1 Corps Signals (which was doubled upon active service)

his Newspaper Obituary (newsprint

the knightly and military aspects lost the importance that they had

with two slotted balls fixated to the top for the plate to be inserted

Germany, Wehrmaht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, First Pattern Hold awarded to heads of state(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped outer 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 62 mm (w) x 42. 90 mm (h), weighing 12. 4