The Order was conferred upon military personnel following its secularisation and was extended to civilians in the 19th century
overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching dual lightning bolts
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(Deutscher Adlerorden Kreuz V
The buttons fastened to a salesman's board via a string that is webbed through the button holes on the reverse
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, by Heinrich Wander Archive The Order was conferred upon(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 64 mm (w) x 44. 16 mm (h), weighing 6. 7 grams, accompanied by its original