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

5 mm in width x 98

likely in France

The order was issued in three classes and was generally confined to members of the Roman Catholic faith until it was abolished in 1860

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

an absolutely superb early example of this order

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