Germany, Federal Republic. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, 1957 Issue Auction inscribed "SOMMET DE LA EIFFEL"

inscribed "SOMMET DE LA EIFFEL" and "SOUVENIR DE L'ASCENSION"

Footnote: This membership stickpin was worn by Germans living in the Alsace-Lorraine Region of France who supported the annexation of that region to the Third German Reich in 1938

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Germany, Federal Republic. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, 1957 Issue Auction inscribed "SOMMET DE LA EIFFEL"(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, 1957). An oval shaped blackened metal alloy; the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom, the reverse plain with a slender vertical pinback, with a functional hinge catch assembly, measuring 37. 03 mm (w) x 44. 29 mm (h), weighing 12. 2 grams, and in near very fine condition.