Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Badges and Insignia Auction recipient of the Knight’s Cross

recipient of the Knight’s Cross and Major General at the time of his death

and age spots

Thoma was promoted to Oberst (colonel) in 1938

The underside of the armband displays the usual circular stitching

3rd Class - Silver with a gilt hammer and sickle insignia

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Badges and Insignia Auction recipient of the Knight’s Cross(Abzeichen und Insignien). A mixed lot of badges and insignia, including: 1. A Black Grade Wound Badge, constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 58 mm (w) x