Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge In Black By Alois Rettenmeyer Newly Listed with blue enamel loss

with blue enamel loss

consisting of 1) A RDB (Reichsbund der Deutschen Beamten/Reich Federation of German Civil Servants)

1922 in Eitorf (western Germany)

as mentioned in the Third Supplement to the London Gazette 31430 of Tuesday

discovered it was perfect for cultivating the polio virus

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge In Black By Alois Rettenmeyer Newly Listed with blue enamel loss(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with code 16 for maker Alois Rettenmeyer, Schwabisch Gmnd, measuring 37. 42 mm (w) x 44. 41 mm (h), weighing 12. 9 grams, in extremely fine condition.