Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Auction Illinois (1908-1916) and North Carolina

Illinois (1908-1916) and North Carolina (1917-1921) before attending the University of North Carolina (1921-1925)

Badges and Insignia

the cover with a silver embossed 1914 Iron Cross and inscription of “KRIEGSERINNERUNG 1914-1917”

museum coded in white ink (RCMI 2000

The stiff visor is finished in black patent leather

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Auction Illinois (1908-1916) and North Carolina(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 raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 62 mm (w) x 44. 26 mm (h), weighing 6. 7 grams, accompanied by its period original