Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction Archive Mounted on a full length

Mounted on a full length of original silk sash

extremely fine and very scarce (198 awarded)

gilt and blue enamels

magnetic pin and hinge

Grand Cross Star - Silver and enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction Archive Mounted on a full length(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the obverse 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. 76 mm (w) x 44. 36 mm (h), weighing 11. 8 grams, in better than very fine condition.