Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Auction Northumberland Fusiliers was slightly wounded

Northumberland Fusiliers was slightly wounded in action at Brakenlaagte on October 30

Badges and Insignia

museum coded in white ink (RCMI 2000

The stiff visor is finished in black patent leather

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Auction Northumberland Fusiliers was slightly wounded(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