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.

 

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[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 2 hours ago by ChrisKelly

[ChrisKelly]

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

 

 

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

 

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