Germany, Imperial. A Wound Badge, Black Grade. Cut-Out Version Auction Archive five photographs

five photographs

The Order of Saint Sava was established originally to recognize civilians for meritorious achievements to the Church

recessed center depicting a lion slaying a griffin with a hammer and sickle on its wing

accompanied by its document of issue

33mm x 35mm

Germany, Imperial. A Wound Badge, Black Grade. Cut-Out Version Auction Archive five photographs(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, with a hollow center bearing a Stahlhelm on top of crossed swords, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 57 mm (w) x 43. 52 mm (h), weighing 8. 6 grams, in very fine condition.