Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade certificate_of_authenticity play and rest

play and rest

Footnote: Pith helmets are lightweight cloth-covered (1st pattern) or felt-covered (2nd pattern) helmets used by the German Afrika Korps (Deutsches Afrikakorps)

marked WILM in 8 o'clock knee

for Rittmeister Josef Pomberger

and his Expeditionary Force Campaign Medal award document (dated 1946)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade certificate_of_authenticity play and rest(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 34 mm (w) x 44. 00 mm (h), some denting and finish repair evident, in near very fine condition.