Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Newly Listed Ordine Equestre di Saint' Agata

Ordine Equestre di Saint' Agata

privately-purchased set of epaulettes belonging to a retired Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army Guards Regiment

including a Waffen-SS Signals Personnel sleeve diamond

the cross is suspended from a hollow swivel crown which is in turn topped with a loop for hanging

Baron Bignon was a French diplomat and historian

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Newly Listed Ordine Equestre di Saint' Agata(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath with scalloped edges, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 87 mm (w) x 43. 86 mm (h), weighing 12. 7 grams, demonstrating total loss of black finish