Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade certificate_of_authenticity Alfonso de Borbón (Alfonso XIII)

Alfonso de Borbón (Alfonso XIII) and Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg

obverse centre in white enamel exhibiting figure of Juan Pablo Duarte

for Rittmeister Josef Pomberger

Footnote: Pith helmets are lightweight cloth-covered (1st pattern) or felt-covered (2nd pattern) helmets used by the German Afrika Korps (Deutsches Afrikakorps)

Fellowes entered the Royal Navy in 1903 at the age of twelve

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade certificate_of_authenticity Alfonso de Borbón (Alfonso XIII)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 34 mm (w) x 44. 00 mm (h), some denting and finish repair evident, in near very fine condition.