Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction Archive issued on 13 November 1946

issued on 13 November 1946 by the Office of the Military Government of the United States at Nuremberg

Each pocket has a fold over flap

marked with the logo of maker Karl Wurster

At Drury Lane

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction Archive issued on 13 November 1946(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 98 mm (w) x 44. 22 mm (h), weighing 10. 6 grams, some loss of black finish evident,