Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Buy Now At the end of the

At the end of the war he held the rank of SS-Sturmbannführer

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discolouration and wear

the obverse pinned with a gilded bronze cypher

Ellen Oxenham

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Buy Now At the end of the(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of a blackened zink alloy, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, around a central raised Stahlhelm bearing a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 60 mm (w) x 43. 40 mm (h), weighing 8. 7 grams, with minor oxidation and loss of finish