Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with LDO Case Auction Archive 418 mm (h)

418 mm (h)

catch period re-soldered

for some time afterwards as back was weak

constructed of a patinated zink alloy

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with LDO Case Auction Archive 418 mm (h)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz mit Etui). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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 36. 10 mm (w) x 43. 43 mm (h), weighing 6. 7 grams, accompanied by