Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander GTRexclude Small Version

Small Version

The numbers were bolstered after the Wehrmacht Invasion of the Balkans

The scabbard appears without dents but does have contact marks in the nickel fittings

with a small disc to which the obverse medallion is attached

with a flattened u-shaped finial

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander GTRexclude Small Version(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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 66 mm (w) x 44. 23 mm (h), weighing 7. 9 grams, accompanied by its