Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Hold Advanced to Colonel in May

Advanced to Colonel in May 1908

8s and Bristol Fighters

A gilt bronze cross pattee with a blackened core and a laurel wreath between the arms of the cross

dated “1939” on the lower arm

fully lined on the exterior with a woven black rayon-blended cap band featuring linden branch and leaf designs

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Hold Advanced to Colonel in May(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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 66 mm (w) x 44. 23 mm (h), weighing 7. 9 grams, accompanied by its