Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Wound Badge Stick Pins Auction the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey rank pip above a chevron

Later that year

Footnote: Emil Klein (1905–2010) was a national socialist of the first hour

reverse exhibiting a Turkish hallmark denoting manufacturing in the Imperial Mint of Konstantinople

Two integral straps emanating from the waistband and culminating in magnetic metal buckles provide an internal belt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Wound Badge Stick Pins Auction the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered(Verwundetenabzeichen Anstecknadeln). A pair of Wound Badge stick pins, including: 1. An Imperial Gold Grade award, constructed of gilded brass, unmarked, measuring 18 mm (w) x 21 mm (h), in extremely fine condition. 2. A Wehrmacht Black Grade award, first pattern, constructed of blackened brass, unmarked, measuring 18 mm (w) x 20 mm (h), demonstrating near total loss of black finish to the obverse with only trace amounts remaining to the reverse, an