Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Service Badges, Maker-Marked Examples certificate_of_authenticity The original grades were Grand

The original grades were Grand Cross

presenting a brown leather exterior stamped “OSTERR

” including German and Austrian nationals—many of whom were Jewish refugees transferred from Britain—as well as a smaller number of Italian internees

Each badge presents a dark patina

reverse illustrating the Academy's buildings with inscriptions

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Service Badges, Maker-Marked Examples certificate_of_authenticity The original grades were Grand(Wehrmacht Abzeichen). A pair of service badges, including: 1. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck,