Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction Archive 37 mm x 44 mm

37 mm x 44 mm

Being forced to live in the same company and within narrow confines seemed to make a very depressing influence on the mind

Bolster had been working at Army Headquarters in England but when he found out that his unit was to move

An extensive mixed lot of service medals and decorations

1915 in New Westminster

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction Archive 37 mm x 44 mm(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 39. 03 mm (w) x 43. 79 mm (h), weighing 13. 1 grams, with