Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive 61 - 1941” with a

61 - 1941” with a black stamp

1952 and was promoted to Warrant Officer 2nd Class on April 1

He died in York

in artificially blackened aluminum

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive 61 - 1941” with a(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 39. 03 mm (w) x 43. 79 mm (h), weighing 13. 1 grams, with