Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, By Moritz Hausch Auction XIV: The Old Somme

XIV: The Old Somme

constructed of a smooth field-grey wool exterior with a black wool cap band

doing about 3 knots to start with

H Schmidt & Sons

gilded “GD” in iron (magnetic)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, By Moritz Hausch Auction XIV: The Old Somme(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 top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 12 mm (w) x 44. 67 mm (h), accompanied by its period original presentation package, constructed