Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Auction Archive (1910-1918 issue)

(1910-1918 issue)

5 Canadian General Hospital in Liverpool on January 5

A WWII Wound Badge

Footnote: Strzelec Szeregowiec (Rifleman Private) Mieczyslaw Kraskowski (1897/156/111) was born on January 14

7 mm inclusive of its spread-winged condor suspension

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Auction Archive (1910-1918 issue)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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 a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 63 mm (w) x 44. 30 mm (h), weighing 6. 6 grams, accompanied by its period original package of