Germany, Luftwaffe. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, With Hero’s Death Certificate, To Obergefreiter Ernst Hein Archive sold with extensive copied service

sold with extensive copied service papers and official correspondence

the reverse plaint

five-pointed star with arms bordered in white enamel

KIA 1915 - (13506 PTE

The French were the first to see the need for more effective protection

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, With Hero’s Death Certificate, To Obergefreiter Ernst Hein Archive sold with extensive copied service(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Heldentod Urkunde). A Gold Grade Wound Badge, constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein & Quenzer,