Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with LDO Case Auction Archive for some time afterwards as

for some time afterwards as back was weak

fourteen incorporating enamels

418 mm (h)

Stitched onto the upper left arm is a Gefreiter’s insignia consisting of a triangular dark green wool base bearing a single machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire tresse

worked for the first time with Canadian troops

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with LDO Case Auction Archive for some time afterwards as(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