Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Case Archive Reduced Size (so-called "Prinzen" size)

Reduced Size (so-called "Prinzen" size)

Aeronautics

measuring 108 mm x 68 mm

he embarked Port Moresby

It is slightly off-center

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Case Archive Reduced Size (so-called "Prinzen" size)(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, unmarked, measuring 36. 60 mm (w) x 44. 28 mm (h), weighing 6. 6 grams, accompanied by its