with a recessed medal bed for the sash badge and a raised circular and slotted medal bed for the breast star
wear and light soiling evident in the cloth-covering on the exterior
edge nicks and gouges
with a central white medallion bearing gilt initials of “FJ”
Thomas Marktredwitz” on the reverse
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, By Heinrich Wander Auction with a recessed medal bed(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on topped of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 80 mm (w) x 44. 26 mm (h), weighing 6. 6 grams, accompanied by its period original package of