Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, With Award Document To Fritz Mengel Auction silvered tank and darkened wreath

silvered tank and darkened wreath

The innovative and relatively successful tactics used were later copied by the Germans

located just outside the town on a hill

Footnote: Although mention of the Condor Legion always brings its flying units to mind

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, With Award Document To Fritz Mengel Auction silvered tank and darkened wreath(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of blackened bronze, 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 67 mm (w) x 44. 00 mm (h), weighing 12. 1 grams, accompanied by its original