Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Newly Listed (SS Dienstmütze)

(SS Dienstmütze)

he joined a Panzer-Späh-Ersatzteillager (Panzer reconnaissance spare parts depot) in Frankfurt/Oder (eastern Germany) where he became the kitchen’s NCO

A postcard presenting a black-and-white photograph of a group of Kriegsmarine members

including a Waffen-SS Signals Personnel sleeve diamond

Footnote: The Naval Order of the United States was established in 1890 as a hereditary organization in the United States for members of the American sea services

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Newly Listed (SS Dienstmütze)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath with scalloped edges, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 87 mm (w) x 43. 86 mm (h), weighing 12. 7 grams, demonstrating total loss of black finish