Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction a bomb dropped from enemy

a bomb dropped from enemy aircraft exploded nearby causing shrapnel wounds of the head

All suspended from their original ribbons

with altered to have integral ring

DRIEFONTEIN

with the inscription “MIT K

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction a bomb dropped from enemy(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 03 mm (w) x 44. 50 mm (h), weighing 14. 2 grams, oxidation and loss of the black