1st Pattern 1936 Wound Badge in Black
Price: $150
BUY / RESERVE THIS ITEMDescription:.Die stamped, hollow backed, steel construction badge with a black lacquer finish. The badge is in the form of a vertical oval, which is more circular than the 1939 pattern badge, with an embossed profile of a M16 pattern helmet with a canted swastika to the center superimposed over crossed swords on a pebbled base all encompassed by an oval laurel leaf wreath. The reverse of the badge is a mirror image of the obverse. The reverse has a crimped, soldered hinge, a thin round brass vertical pin and a soldered catch all intact. +95% original black lacquer finish overall. Unmarked as they typically are. A very nice ORIGINAL one guaranteed forever!
Background: The German Wound Badge was instituted during the First World War to recognize those wounded in the conflict. It was designed using a World War One style Imperial German helmet as the main motif. During the Spanish Civil War the Third Reich reinstated the Wound Badge for a short period to honor those who were wounded during the conflict from 1936 to 1939. These German units participating in the assistance of the Spanish Fascists were deemed the “Condor Legion”. The pattern of the World War One Wound Badge was again used, except this time with a raised swastika on the center of the World War One era helmet.
