Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Hold WWI Miniature Silver Wound Badge

WWI Miniature Silver Wound Badge (silver

silvered zinc

He was promoted to Squadron Leader on February 1

(Verdienstkreuz für freiwillige Krankenpflege mit Spange 1914)

marked "Erstflug Mit Luftschiff "Hindenburg"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Hold WWI Miniature Silver Wound Badge(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 98 mm (w) x 44. 22 mm (h), weighing 10. 6 grams, some loss of black finish evident,