Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Auction with two matching fabric sliders

with two matching fabric sliders at either end

2001 and is awarded to military personnel which participated in any peacekeeping operation for at least thirty days

5 mm (w) x 209 mm (h)

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

overlaid by a central plaque bearing dates “1927-1952”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Auction with two matching fabric sliders(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. 66 mm (w) x 44. 35 mm (h), weighing 6. 7 grams, accompanied by its period original package of