Cap Badge: pickled brass
is one of five Orders of Knighthood awarded directly by the Pope as Supreme Pontiff and head of the Catholic Church and as the Head of State of Vatican City
with "touch up" areas noticeable on the sides
the finial and locket both held in place by a single pin
the replacement insignia has loosened from its rivet and the catch is missing
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, By Hermann Wernstein Hold Cap Badge: pickled brass(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlehlm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 48 mm (w) x 44. 20 mm (h), weighing 23. 4 grams, accompanied by its period