Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Auction 5 mm in width x

5 mm in width x 98

each divided by wax paper inserts with spider web designs

1916 in St

on a maroon wool base

173rd Tank Battalion (bronze gilt with green and blue enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Auction 5 mm in width x(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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 63 mm (w) x 44. 30 mm (h), weighing 6. 6 grams, accompanied by its period original package of