Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Newly Listed War Merit Cross 2nd

War Merit Cross 2nd

the reverse with a central inscription of “FÜR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE” (“FOR MERIT IN WAR”)

maker sticker reading “ Mayer & Wilhelm

eight shillings and one pence)

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Newly Listed War Merit Cross 2nd(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 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 36. 62 mm (w) x 44. 42 mm (h), weighing 6. 7 grams, accompanied by its period original package of