German, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Recipient Photo, by Heinrich Wander Auction inscribed “Viginando Ascendimus” (Latin -

inscribed “Viginando Ascendimus” (Latin - We rise through watchfulness)

one Issue of "Stars and Stripes" (dated June 11

and pinned with red enameled Geneva Crosses

with no news received after 9 November

and thence Blida

German, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Recipient Photo, by Heinrich Wander Auction inscribed “Viginando Ascendimus” (Latin -(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz mit Foto). 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 clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 61 mm (w) x 44. 27 mm (h), weighing 6. 8 grams, accompanied by