Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased Black Grade Wound Badge United Republic of acquire better defensive terrain

acquire better defensive terrain

1945 and signed in black ink by a Vice Admiral and Commander-in-chief of the Training Association of the Fleet

7 mm (h) silvered and enameled ribbon bar

Due to the ongoing presence of Allied aircraft in the area

marked FLL 43 (Friedrich Linden

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased Black Grade Wound Badge United Republic of acquire better defensive terrainA Wound Badge, Black Grade, By Eugene Schmidthaussler; (Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened zinc, the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre featuring a large mobile swastika, superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, maker marked E. S. P. for Eugene Schmidthaussler, Pforzheim, on reverse, measuring 35 mm (w) x 43 mm (h), in