The Wonder of Wound Badges, '39 & '57.

[ChrisKelly]

Second World War Wounded badges and their post-war re-issues...  Let's start with the silver one...

 

Images 6 & 7 are my small collection. Image 8 shows a close-up of the badge in images 6 & 7, on the top row...  A tombak badge hallmarked "15".  The cases are reproductions. All three of the 1939 versions are tombak.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by ChrisKelly

[ChrisKelly]

A close-up of the silver wound badge in the previous post, top row.  This type is generally associated with Hauptmünzamt Wien, and later versions, usually struck in zinc, are hallmarked "30".  

 

Third image: The mint in 1940.

 

Fourth image: The mint in 2021.

 

Source (Photographs):

https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Hauptmünzamt

 

 

 

A selection of black wounded badges in my collection.  Top row shows tombak versions, bottom row shows steel versions in various states of wear.  The 1957 version is in a reproduction case.

 

Image 3 shows the hallmark "L/58" on the wound badge, bottom row, extreme right.

 

Image 4 is a stickpin, 1939 version.

 

 

 

Black wounded badges in tombak.  The bottom row shows badges stripped of their black paint, and possibly used by their original recipients as gold versions.

 

Edited 31 minutes ago by ChrisKelly

[ChrisKelly]

A rare find...  A 1957 wound badge in gold.

 

 

Modern reproductions in all grades, some good, some not so good.

 

Edited 28 minutes ago by ChrisKelly