Germany, Imperial. A Black Grade Wound Badge, Cut-Out Version Newly Listed basic equipment and other propaganda

basic equipment and other propaganda material were locally made

and from 1943 onward

7 mm (h) ribbon bar with pinback

an absolutely superb early example of this order

A jet pilot whose Buccaneer was out of ammunition dive-bombed enemy tanks to keep them from overrunning his forces

Germany, Imperial. A Black Grade Wound Badge, Cut-Out Version Newly Listed basic equipment and other propaganda(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm on top of crossed swords on a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 96 mm (w) x 43. 27 mm (h), weighing 8. 3 grams, with oxidation evident, in very fine condition.