Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Black Grade Wound Badge With Document, To Leutnant Zur See S. Grohnmeyer Auction Archive complemented by patches and trim

complemented by patches and trim in red silk

It is called “Sanitäter

The letters from 1940 start in early May

measuring 50 mm in width and secured in place by a row of machine stitching

the reverse with a central raised date of “1938”

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Black Grade Wound Badge With Document, To Leutnant Zur See S. Grohnmeyer Auction Archive complemented by patches and trim(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of blackened zink, 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 top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire, unmarked, measuring 37. 96 mm (w) x 45. 56 mm (h), weighing 9. 3 grams, with some loss of paint