Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge In Black By Alois Rettenmeyer Newly Listed Swivel scroll suspension

Swivel scroll suspension

quality workmanship and intact stitching

The rear of the mask has been fashioned with five adjustable canvas-line elastic straps

who where looking at the sky

Footnote: Herbert Lettow served as an Unteroffizier (NCO) as an Observer within the 3

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge In Black By Alois Rettenmeyer Newly Listed Swivel scroll suspension(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with code 16 for maker Alois Rettenmeyer, Schwabisch Gmnd, measuring 37. 42 mm (w) x 44. 41 mm (h), weighing 12. 9 grams, in extremely fine condition.