Germany. A Black Grade Wound Badge Hold XV: Down Amiens Way

XV: Down Amiens Way

with a stripe above the cross inscribed "FLEISSIGE BERTA" (Little Bertha) and two blank stripes below

3 mm x 28 mm

engraved "FREDERICK W

and Third Reich: Long Service Medal

Germany. A Black Grade Wound Badge Hold XV: Down Amiens WayAn example of a well preserved third reich period Black Grade Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz); constructed of oval shaped blackened bronze; the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre featuring a large mobile swastika on its side superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom; the reverse plain with a vertical needle style pin, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; measuring 36. 90