Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Carl Wild consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with three pages of text

with three pages of text full with anti-communist

one for an Eastern Front Medal

The leather wrapped wooden grip shows surface wear and some scuffing and is complete with silver plate over copper RLB starburst insignia properly pinned to the obverse grip

Measuring 400 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Carl Wild consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with three pages of text(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 107 for Carl Wild, Hamburg, measuring 36. 92 mm (w) x 44.