Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction Instituted 1459 by Pope Pius

Instituted 1459 by Pope Pius II

in effecting a landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula to the West of Cape Helles

marked 935 PR

with a height of 78 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction Instituted 1459 by Pope Pius(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the obverse with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pin meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 64 mm (w) x 43. 43 mm (h), weighing 12. 5 grams, some loss of finish evident,