Germany, Wehrmacht. An Owner-Attributed Black Grade Wound Badge, By Carl Wild certificate_of_authenticity and blackened bronze with enamels

and blackened bronze with enamels

maker marked "LF" and name engraved on the reverse

of fine quality Austrian manufacture (unmarked

the obverse centre presents the crown of Württemberg within a circular laurel wreath

of identical composition and dimensions

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Owner-Attributed Black Grade Wound Badge, By Carl Wild certificate_of_authenticity and blackened bronze with enamels(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 107 for Carl Wild, Hamburg, measuring 36. 87 mm (w) x 44. 14 mm (h), weighing 13.