Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Newly Listed a great number of them

a great number of them to Oslo

light wear and crazing present on the leather sweatband

1951 and sentenced to two days in jail for drunkeness

silvered with gilt and blue enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Newly Listed a great number of them(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, joined at the bottom by a bowtie ribbon, with a central 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, unmarked, measuring 37. 62 mm (w) x 44. 84 mm (h), weighing 7. 4 grams, in very fine condition.