A Black Grade Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz)
until being cleared for service beginning on January 29
” at the right and engraver marked R
Footnote: The medal was awarded for teaching citizenship and related topics outside of the normal curriculum
with its period-original ribbon with a horizontal pinback sewn into the ribbon
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wehrmacht Close Assault Clasp, In Bronze, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive A Black Grade Wound Badge(Nahrkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed slightly vaulted zink, the obverse with a national eagle and a bayonet and hand grenade in the centerpiece, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse plain, with a square non magnetic backing plate horizontal pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch on the reverse, marked F & BL for Funcke &