Gold Wound Badge "65" Picked up Yesterday

[William J]

Hello,

I got a call from a toy collector who thought he had a German "war wounded" medal. He was pretty close and I purchased the pictured example.

It is marked 65 (Klein and Quenzer). It is solid zinc with some of the ubiquitous "zink pest" mainly confined to the reverse.

The majority of the gold wash has either worn away or been absorbed into the zinc.

As for now, I don't have any problems with the piece. But if others see something wrong, please let me know, as I am far from an authority on badges.

Thank you in advance!

William

[William J]

Reverse

rev - by the way, it does look more "gold" in hand than in these sunlight pictures!

[William J]

Hinge

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[William J]

Catch

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[Darrell]

Looks okie dokie from here

[greg.hays]

Got to agree "okie dokie" it is!

[Chrvip68]

No problem with the badge, typical late war construction by this maker

[William J]

I truly appreciate your replies!

Many thanks to all!

[Bruce Simcox]

Hi William......

......get some vaseline on that badge's zinc-pest......soon.

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Bruce

[Bruce Simcox]

Hi William......

......here's the info you requested. Follow ze link, my friend.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=zink+pest