Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, With Award Documents Auction Archive The casualties were heavy (approximately

The casualties were heavy (approximately sixty percent)

Along the sidewalls and along the crown of the cap is decorated with silver aluminum embroidered tresse to signify Officer rank

on loop for suspension from its period original bow tie ribbon

and are extremely rare

the reverse with an inscription of “DEM BESTEN SCHÜTZEN” (“THE BEST MARKSMEN”)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, With Award Documents Auction Archive The casualties were heavy (approximately(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with 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 37. 08 mm (w) x 44. 28 mm (h), weighing 13. 5 grams, in