Germany, Wehrmacht. An Owner-Attributed Black Grade Wound Badge, By Carl Wild Auction landing in France three weeks

landing in France three weeks later

which struck his right shin and left thigh

In November 2000

LANC: FUS:)

surrounded by the inscription "FRIEDRICH GROSSHERZOG V

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Owner-Attributed Black Grade Wound Badge, By Carl Wild Auction landing in France three weeks(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 107 for Carl Wild, Hamburg, measuring 36. 87 mm (w) x 44. 14 mm (h), weighing 13.