WW2 German medals and awards, combat badges, enameled badges, stickpins, German shooting lanyards, Army cap eagles, Luftwaffe cap eagles, WW2 German ribbon bars, etc., as available. 

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3GM-29. Issued for one and two wounds, This early specimen black Wound Badge is constructed of black painted, stamped, brass and depicts, in high relief, a model 1935 German helmet with swastika, superimposed over crossed swords, on a stippled background with an oak leaf wreath edge. This example has a hollow backside and a long, vertical, brass attaching pin and flat brass wire pin catch. The front exhibits light age, as well as light wear to the painted surface on the highlights; 95%, or more, of the original black paint still remains. The reverse retains approximately 98% of its original black painted finish. Brass based Wound Badges are difficult to acquire when you need one; once the war got into full swing, brass became a necessary war commodity and the badges were then made of stamped steel, as well as other inexpensive alloys. A very nice example. Unmarked. Excellent. $39.00 SOLD

3GM-34. The front of this badge has an overall moderate, (to heavy in some spots), pitted gray finish caused by years of improper storage; there are white and brown spots in the pitting. The badge exhibits heavy signs of age, due to this pitting and deterioration; there is very little actual wear from use; the backside has some pitting, as well but dramatically less than the front. The Panzer Assault badge was instituted on December 20, 1939, it was awarded to personnel who participated as a tank commander, driver, gunner or radio operator, in three different Armored assaults, on three different days. The very slightly sculptured backside has an aged, tarnished, matte silver, finish, maybe 80%, or more, of the original silver finish remains on the backside. The badge has an, inset, ball hinge, a hardened, needle point, pin and a, set in, flat metal pin catch. The maker mark for the firm of “A.D. Schwerdt, Stuttgart,” (the letters A&S intertwined, within a triangle), is embossed on the backside, slightly below the ball hinge. The description may tend to make the badge seem worse than it actually is; it’s a very sound representative example. Good+ to Vg-. $55.00
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3GM-37. Approximately 2-5/8-inch wide x 1-1/16-inch high, stamped silver metal, Army eagle; the eagle has an overall dark, peppery, tarnish; very little of the original silver finish remains, except in the crevices and recesses of the detail on the eagle. The eagle exhibits moderate signs of age and wear to the finish on the highlights; the right wing has a spot of rust or other reddish/brown soil. The hollow backside of the eagle is very darkly tarnished; it’s unmarked and has three hardened, flat wire, attaching pins that are properly, “touch soldered” to the back. The 2-1/2-inch long x 1-3/4-inch high, stamped silver, metal wreath has a separate red, silver and black, German colors roundel; the red portion of the roundel is created with a piece of red felt in the center. The front of the wreath has the same overall dark, peppery, tarnish as the eagle, some of the silver finish is present. The hollow backside of the wreath is very darkly tarnished; it’s unmarked and has two hardened, flat, metal attaching pins, as well as a, double, flat metal pin that are properly, “touch soldered” to the back. The Colors roundel exhibits moderate signs of age and wear from handling and use. Avery nice, matching, aged, set that have been together since the end of WW2. About Vg. $49.00 

3GM-38S. 2-11/16-inch wide x 2-3/4-inch long x ¾-inch high, flat top, black leatherette presentation box; the box has a slightly domed top, as well as slightly rounded corners. The box is moderately aged and the black leatherette shows signs of moderate surface wear, and several heavier small spots where the leatherette is worn through to the base wood material, mostly on the corners and one light ding on the top. The outside lid is stamped with a thin silver outline of the Iron Cross; a metal pushbutton on the front releases the lid. The inside lid is covered with a white, smooth, satin-like material, which is very lightly aged and has light to moderate soil in the outline of an Iron Cross; the bottom left corner of the inside lid is marked, “Paul Meybauer, Berlin.” The interior base of the box was once covered with cream-colored flocking, which is now almost completely worm off leaving a light tan colored cardboard; only light remnants of the original flocking remain around the outside edges of the base; the base can be removed and the underside is marked with the usual numbers and letters found on this part. The interior base has an opening, which is cut to fit the Iron Cross pin, pin hinge and pin catch; there is a, separately installed, thin, white, cardboard insert around the interior edges of the base. Overall the box is in fairly respectable condition, however, someone, at some unknown time, has attempted to fix and or alter the spring release mechanism; all of the parts are intact but the pushbutton release spring is weak and the release spring interferes with the pin catch part of the cross, properly resting on the flocked base, and one can see that it has been tampered with. With a little "tweaking" I think the box will work quite nicely. Overall, the interior and working parts would rate about Good-. The exterior is about Vg. Reasonably priced at, $55.00 SOLD

3GM-39. 3-piece construction with magnetic black center cross, which is bordered by a silver-plated metal frame. The front center of the medal depicts a, high relief, swastika, as well as the date 1939, which is the date when Hitler re-instituted the Iron Cross for WW2. The reverse is embossed with the date 1813, representing the initial institution of the Iron Cross award. The front and back of the silver metal edges retain approximately 45%, or more, of its original silver plating, which has tarnished to a gray/black finish in some spots. The front and back of the black iron center retains approximately 95%, or more, of its original black finish, which is worn and chipped on the highlights of the swastika; there are very minor and insignificant signs of soil in some of the recesses and corners inside the border. The suspension ring exhibits a dark tarnish and is hallmarked, “100.” The overall length of the ribbon is approximately 6-inches long; it is very lightly aged and exhibits insignificant, light, even, soil from handling. No rust. Vg. $98.00 SOLD