Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Archive the WM is un-named as

the WM is un-named as issued

as he was scheduled to proceed overseas to the French theatre

unstitched and measuring 525 mm (l) x 126 mm (h) as presented

with Norton later transferred to the Canadian Engineers as a Sapper

H41296 Rifleman J

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Archive the WM is un-named as(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 raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 62 mm (w) x 44. 26 mm (h), weighing 6. 7 grams, accompanied by its period original