Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Carl Wild Auction Archive a very rare and unique

a very rare and unique badge in extremely good conditions

but for most of the war served on Infantry Regiment 423

He served with the RCAF for twenty-eight months

each measuring 208 mm (w) x 290 mm (h)

Miniature of Prussian Military Merit Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Carl Wild Auction Archive a very rare and unique(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.